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Plot

Never once does Bobby Darin sing "Mack the Knife" or "Splish Splash" in Gunfight in Abilene. Instead, he plays a peaceable western sheriff, determined to stave off an outlaw invasion. The head outlaw is Leslie Nielsen, which makes this film very hard to watch with a straight face these days. The Universal City backlot gets a good workout in the blood-spattered finale of Gunfight in Abilene, which barely made the theatrical rounds before entrenching itself on late night television. The film should not be confused with Gunfighters of Abilene, a 1960 oater starring Buster Crabbe.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Westerns
Run Time:
86min.
Distributor(s):
Universal
Director(s):
William Hale
Starring:
Bobby Darin , Emily Banks , Leslie Nielsen , Donnelly Rhodes , Don Galloway
Keywords:
aristocracy,bad-guy,brother,cattle,employment,friendship,good-guy,lawman,man,nerves,officer,outlaw [Western],retreat [sanctuary],sheriff,showdown,town,tycoon,veteran [military],violence,weapons