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Showdown at Abilene (1956)

Showdown at Abilene poster
Directed by
Charles F. Haas
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man returns to his hometown after fighting in the Civil War. He finds that his former friends have changed and must deal with the tension that has built up between them.

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What happens

Showdown at Abilene is a 1956 American Western film directed by Charles F. Haas and starring Jock Mahoney, Martha Hyer and Lyle Bettger. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. In 1967 it was remade by Universal as Gunfight in Abilene with Bobby Darin playing the lead. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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