Explore titles
Gunfight in Abilene poster

Gunfight in Abilene

Film196786 min6.5/10 on TMDB

Directed by William Hale

Trailer

No community ratings yet on FilmStash · 0 membersOne score per member · Verified member ratings

The time: NOON! The odds: DESPERATE! The result: MEMORABLE!

Fighting in the Civil War a man accidently kills his friend. Returning to Abilene after the war he finds his former sweetheart about to marry the brother of the man he killed. To pay his debt he not only refuses to win her back but takes the job of Sheriff, a job he doesn't want, when the brother asks him. Still haunted by the killing he refuses to carry a gun. But there is trouble between the ranchers and the farmers and when he finds the brother murdered he straps on a gun and heads after the killer.Read moreLess

Fighting in the Civil War a man accidently kills his friend. Returning to Abilene after the war he finds his former sweetheart about to marry the brother of the man he killed. To pay his debt he not only refuses to win her back but takes the job of Sheriff, a job he doesn't want, when the brother asks him. Still haunted by the killing he refuses to carry a gun. But there is trouble between the ranchers and the farmers and when he finds the brother murdered he straps on a gun and heads after the killer.

The story

Fighting in the Civil War a man accidently kills his friend. Returning to Abilene after the war he finds his former sweetheart about to marry the brother of the man he killed. To pay his debt he not only refuses to win her back but takes the job of Sheriff, a job he doesn't want, when the brother asks him. Still haunted by the killing he refuses to carry a gun. But there is trouble between the ranchers and the farmers and when he finds the brother murdered he straps on a gun and heads after the killer.

Watch trailer

Loading community activity…

Community reviews

Write your review →

Cast & crew

Explore the crew
Director
William Hale
Original Music Composer
Shorty Rogers
Original Music Composer
Bobby Darin
Director of Photography
Maury Gertsman
Screenplay
Berne Giler