Abilene Town

1946Movie⏱️ 1h 29mApproved

DramaWestern

⭐ 6.2

IMDB Rating

1,490 votes

A sheriff tries to stop homesteader conflicts with cattlemen in the West after the Civil War.

Director

Edwin L. Marin

Writers

Ernest Haycox, Harold Shumate

Stars

Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan

Release Date

January 11, 1946

Language

English

Country

United States

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🎭 Top Cast

Randolph Scott

as Dan Mitchell

Ann Dvorak

as Rita

Edgar Buchanan

as Sheriff 'Bravo' Trimble

Rhonda Fleming

as Sherry Balder

Lloyd Bridges

as Henry Dreiser

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Helen Boyce

as Big Annie

Howard Freeman

as Ed Balder

Richard Hale

as Charlie Fair

Jack Lambert

as Jet Younger

Dick Curtis

as 'Cap' Ryker

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.37 : 1

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Agoura Ranch, Agoura, California, USA

Production

Guild Productions Inc., Jules Levy presents

🏷️ Keywords

whiskeykicked in the shin19th centuryamerican midwesthenchman

🎯 Categories

DramaWestern

⭐ Featured Review

Highly watchable Western about confrontation between cattlemen and homesteaders

by ma-cortes • 2006-07-06

6/10

"The film is set in 1870 , post civil war , in Abilene ( a biblical name meaning city of the plains ), the pattern of the other celebrated cow towns of the Old west . Randolph Scott is the brave sheriff of Abilene along with Edgar Buchanan , they are fighting to stifle the conflicts between homesteaders ( led by a young Lloyd Bridges ) and cattlemen who hire gunfighters ( Jack Lambert ) . Meanwhile he develops a loving triangle between a Saloon girl ( Ann Dvorak ) and a good girl ( Rhonda Fleming ). The picture gets action Western , shootouts , a love story , musical numbers ( in charge of a ..."

💡 Did You Know?

At one point Sheriff Trimble, played by Edgar Buchanan, is musing about leaving his job and says, "Maybe I could go back to dentistry". Prior to becoming an actor, Buchanan had been a dentist.