Abilene Town
| Abilene Town | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Edwin L. Marin |
| Produced by | Jules Levey |
| Written by |
Ernest Haycox (novel "Trail Town") Harold Shumate |
| Starring |
Randolph Scott Ann Dvorak |
| Music by |
Gerard Carbonara Albert Glasser Charles Koff James Mayfield Max Terr |
| Cinematography | Archie Stout |
| Edited by | Richard V. Heermance |
Production company |
Guild Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Abilene Town is a 1946 western film directed by Edwin L. Marin. The film stars Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Lloyd Bridges, Rhonda Fleming, and Edgar Buchanan.
The movie is set in the Old West years immediately following the Civil War, in the cattle town of Abilene, Kansas.
The story was adapted from Ernest Haycox's book Trail Town.[1]
Plot
In the years following the Civil War, Kansas is in the middle of a difficult time. Homesteaders are moving into the west, trying to start new lives, and are going head to head against cattlemen who have been settled in that territory for years. In Abilene, one of the biggest cattle towns of the west, the town is on the brink of a confrontation between the cattlemen and the homesteaders.
Marshall Dan Mitchell (Randolph Scott) has the job of keeping the peace between the two groups. For a long time, the town had been divided, with the cattlemen and cowboys having one end of town to themselves, while townspeople occupied the other end. Mitchell liked it this way, it made things easier for him, and kept problems from arising between the two factions. However, when homesteaders decide to lay stakes in the cowboy's end of town, that balance is upset, and leads to a deadly showdown.
The leader of the homesteaders is Henry Dreiser (Lloyd Bridges), a young man with good common sense, and the local sheriff is Bravo Trimble (Edgar Buchanan), a lawman who would rather play cards than be involved in any confrontation. Mitchell not only has the difficult job of juggling the upcoming confrontation, but also his love life.
Main cast
- Randolph Scott as Marshall Dan Mitchell
- Edgar Buchanan as Sheriff Bravo Trimble
- Lloyd Bridges as Henry Deiser
- Ann Dvorak as Rita
- Rhonda Fleming as Sherry Balder
- Helen Boyce as Big Annie
- Howard Freeman as Ed Balder
- Richard Hale as Charlie Fair
- Jack Lambert as Jet Younger
- Eddy Waller as Hannaberry
- Hank Patterson as Doug Neil
- Chubby Johnson as Homesteader (uncredited), his screen debut
DVD release
Abilene Town was released on Region 0 DVD by Alpha Video on July 27, 2010.[2]
References
- ↑ Pitts, Michael R. (2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 3. ISBN 9780786463725. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ "Alpha Video - Abilene Town". Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
External links
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- Abilene Town on IMDb
- Abilene Town is available for free download at the Internet Archive