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A minor western classic, detailing the conflict between cattle men and homesteaders in Abilene, Kansas, in the 1870s, Abilene Town has much to commend it, not the least of which is the superb black-and-white cinematography by Archie J. Stout.
Abilene Town is a 1946 American Western film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming and Lloyd Bridges. Adapted from Ernest Haycox's 1941 novel Trail Town , the production's plot is set in the Old West , in the cattle town of Abilene, Kansas in 1870.
Reviews 54% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings In Abilene, Kan., Marshal Dan Mitchell (Randolph Scott) contends with unruly cattlemen and a group of determined homesteaders intending to settle...
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- Edwin L. Marin
- Western
- Randolph Scott
In the years following the Civil War, the town of Abilene, Kansas is poised on the brink of an explosive confrontation. A line has been drawn down the center of the town where the homesteaders and the cattlemen have come to a very uneasy truce.
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- Western
- Edwin L. Marin
- 1946-01-11
Jun 17, 2015 · Edgar Buchanan as Bravo Trimble, shocked to learn his prized prisoner has escaped in Abilene Town (1946) Review: The action sequences show their age, but this is an entertaining film, one of the better Randolph Scott Westerns from the 1940s.
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Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 31, 2003. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers...
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In 1870, Abilene, Kansas is a rowdy, wild town located at the end of the one-thousand mile Chisholm cattle trail. When gunshots interrupt a church service, Abilene marshal Dan Mitchell leaves the church to investigate.
