WesternRomance

Abilene Town

- Ablaze with guns and guts and glory!

Marshall Dan Mitchell, who is the law in Abilene, has the job of keeping peace between two groups. For a long time, the town had been divided, with the cattlemen and cowboys having one end of town to themselves, while townspeople occupied the other end. Mitchell liked it this way, it made things easier for him, and kept problems from arising between the two factions. However…

Release Date : 1946-01-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Guild Productions Inc.United Artists

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Marshall Dan Mitchell

Original Name : Randolph Scott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rita

Original Name : Ann Dvorak

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sheriff Bravo Trimble

Original Name : Edgar Buchanan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sherry Balder

Original Name : Rhonda Fleming

Gender : Female

Character Name : Henry Deiser

Original Name : Lloyd Bridges

Gender : Male

Character Name : Big Annie

Original Name : Helen Boyce

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ed Balder

Original Name : Howard Freeman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie Fair

Original Name : Richard Hale

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jet Younger

Original Name : Jack Lambert

Gender : Male

Character Name : 'Cap' Ryker

Original Name : Dick Curtis

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Hazelhurst

Original Name : Earl Schenck

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hannaberry

Original Name : Eddy Waller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doug Neil

Original Name : Hank Patterson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townsman (uncredited)

Original Name : Dick Elliott

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-07

This has all the ingredients of a sure-fire western adventure. Set in the latter part of the 19th century, Randolph Scott is ("Dan Mitchell") the marshall in Abilene who alongside his cohort Edgar Buchanan ("Sheriff Trimble") is trying to contain the restless farmers (led by Lloyd Bridges) and cattle drivers who are constantly at each other's throats whilst the encroaching railroad makes it's presence felt too. It's got loads of gunfights to keep it moving and even the romance (with the delightful Ann Dvorak and Rhonda Fleming) is not too interfering to the pacy, action-driven plot. As ever, for me anyway, the singing just gets on the nerves - though the twee lyrics that rhyme in the cheesiest of fashions always come in useful for a toilet break, or to boil the kettle - but I see little else of value in these instrumental breaks that frequently suck the momentum from the story. There was always something just a little too clean cut about Randolph Scott (a bit like Alan Ladd) for these kinds of parts, but here he is actually quite decent as he does his job and fends off the two women simultaneously, but the acting plaudits go to Buchanan who does most pf the heavy lifting. It's not great, this - but I like the genre, and found it quite watchable for 90 minutes.