Showdown at Abilene (1956)
Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend Dave Mosely is now engaged to Trask's former sweetheart and is one of the cattlemen increasingly feuding with the original farmers. Trask is persuaded to take up as sheriff again but there is something about the death of Mosely's brother in the Civil War that is haunting him.
Director:
Charles F. Haas
Writer:
Berne Giler
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Jock Mahoney as Jim Trask |
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Martha Hyer as Peggy Bigelow |
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Lyle Bettger as Dave Mosely |
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David Janssen as Verne Ward |
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Grant Williams as Chip Tomlin |
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Ted de Corsia as Dan Claudius |
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Harry Harvey as Ross Bigelow (as Harry Harvey Sr.) |
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Dayton Lummis as Jack Bedford |
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Richard H. Cutting as Nelson |
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Robert Anderson as Sprague (as Robert G. Anderson) |
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John Maxwell as Frank Scovie |
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Lane Bradford as Loop |
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Chuck Hayward as Roughneck (uncredited) |
| Crew | Tom Steele | Stunts |
| Crew | Alex Sharp | Stunts |
| Directing | Charles F. Haas | Director |
| Sound | Glenn E. Anderson | Sound |
| Art | Ruby R. Levitt | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Ray Snyder | Editor |
| Art | Alexander Golitzen | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bud Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Phil Bowles | Assistant Director |
| Production | Howard Christie | Producer |
| Art | Richard H. Riedel | Art Direction |
| Sound | Leslie I. Carey | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosemary Odell | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan St. Oegger | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Joseph Gershenson | Music Supervisor |
| Camera | Irving Glassberg | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Clarence Upson Young | Story |
| Writing | Berne Giler | Screenplay |