Gunfight in Abilene backdrop
Gunfight in Abilene
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Gunfight in Abilene 1967 Directed by William Hale

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gnere Western
Production Company Universal Pictures
Release Date 3 February 1967
86 mins
Cast
Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin Cal Wayne
Emily Banks
Emily Banks Amy Martin
Leslie Nielsen
Leslie Nielsen Grant Evers
Donnelly Rhodes
Donnelly Rhodes Joe Slade
Don Galloway
Don Galloway Ward Kent
Frank McGrath
Frank McGrath Ned Martin
Michael Sarrazin
Michael Sarrazin Cord Decker
Don Dubbins
Don Dubbins Rod Sprague
William Phipps
William Phipps Frank Norton
Barbara Werle
Barbara Werle Leann
Johnny Seven
Johnny Seven Loop
William Mims
William Mims Ed Scovie
James McCallion
James McCallion Smoky Staub
Ross Hagen
Ross Hagen Lt. Faron
Myron Healey
Myron Healey Ingles
Don Ross
Don Ross Moore
Jim Goodwin
Jim Goodwin Rebel Soldier
John Findlater
John Findlater Rebel Soldier
Crew
Director
William Hale
William Hale
Writers
John D. F. Black
John D. F. Black
Berne Giler
Berne Giler
Producer
Howard Christie
Howard Christie
Cinematography
Maury Gertsman
Maury Gertsman
Composers
Shorty Rogers
Shorty Rogers
Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin
Editor
Gene Palmer
Gene Palmer
Costume Design
Helen Colvig
Helen Colvig