Saturday, September 21, 2013

Showdown at Abilene (1956)

Universal-International
Directed by Charles Haas
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Encore Westerns)

Unusual western fare with Jock Mahoney as a war-weary soldier returning to his home town and getting caught in the middle of a range war between cattlemen and farmers. Thought dead, his girl is about to marry his best friend, but it's obvious they are still in love with each other. His friend turns out to be leading the violent fight against the farmers, using a mean-spirited sheriff to do his dirty work. Mahoney, who has given up his gun after a bad war experience, learns that once in a while a man must fight in order to live in peace.

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