Abilene Town
1946
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Reviews 67% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Reformed ex-convict Brock Mitchell (John Derek) completes a prison sentence for shooting a man in a desperate act of self-defense and travels to...
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Fury at Showdown: Directed by Gerd Oswald. With John Derek, John Smith, Carolyn Craig, Nick Adams. After serving a year for a killing in self-defense, gunfighter Brock Mitchell tries to help his younger brother save his ranch but a crooked lawyer has other ideas.
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- John Derek, John Smith, Carolyn Craig
Very 50s. He and Nick Adams are very good and quite believable as brothers. The action (aka violence) is unpredictable, well-staged and bloody. The good musical score, played mainly by a lonesome harmonica and guitar, is by another Oscar winner, Harry Sukman. Was the last shot a happy accident or planned? It works. 29 out of 31 found this helpful.
Recommendations. After serving a year for a killing in self-defense, gunfighter Brock Mitchell tries to help his younger brother save his ranch but a crooked lawyer has other ideas.
Synopsis. Brock Mitchell is released from jail after serving a year's sentence for killing a man in self-defense and returns to his home town of Showdown Creek. In his absence, the dead man's brother, lawyer Chad Deasey, has turned the townspeople against Brock, who is now regarded as a dangerous killer. Tracy, Brock's brother, has been taking ...
- Gerd Oswald, Jack Berne
- John Derek
Fury at Showdown (1957) directed by Gerd Oswald • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd. 1957 Directed by Gerd Oswald. The hate-hot story of the gun-fighter they called yellow… After serving a year for a killing in self-defense, gunfighter Brock Mitchell tries to help his younger brother save his ranch but a crooked lawyer has other ideas. Cast. Crew.
