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EXPLOITATION PICTURE
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"ABILENE TOWN"
A Jults Levey Production. Released through United Artists. Directed Dy Edwin L. Marin. Associate Producer Herbert J. Biberman. Cast: Randolph Scott. Ann Dvorak Edgar Buchanan. Rhonda Fleming. Lloyd Bridges. Dick Curtis. Richard Hale. Jack Lambert. Helen Boice. From the novel. "Trail Town." by Ernest Haycox.
1. Post-Civil War Abilene, Kansas, is the center of undeclared war between cattlemen and homesteaders, held in check by Dan Mitchell (Randolph Scott), marshal, who tells his friend Charlie Fair (Richard Hale), owner of the "Pride" gambling hall, that his song-and-dance queen Rita (Ann Dvorak) is the gal he intends to domesticize.
2. Dan walks into trouble when he subdues Cap Ryker (Dick Curtis), leader of the cattle drivers, Ryker riding away with the threat to return and tear the town apart.
3. When one of the homesteader camps is burned out, Dan rides out and captures Jet Younger (Jack Lambert) leader of the outlaw band responsible. When Younger attempts to escape, Dan is forced to kill him.
4. Hearing that Ryker and his men are again headed for Abilene, Henry Dreiser (Lloyd Bridges), young leader of the homesteaders, convinces his followers that they must defend themselves to make the territory safe for their families.
5. Joining with the homesteaders. Dan closes the gambling halls and Ryker's infuriated men break their way through the barred doors and wreck the gambling hall district. When the homesteaders arrive en the scene, they are roused into action by Big Annie (Helen Boice), rooming house proprietress.
£. When he attempts to quell the rioters in the "Pride," Dan is beset by the trail hands under Ryker's leadership, is forced to kill him and is rescued by Rita, who pulls him into her dressing room.
7. Dan and Rita escape, join with the homesteaders, and as the opposing factions line up ready for battle, Dan walks out alone into the center in a foolhardy attempt to stop the conflict. It works, and confused by the loss of their leader, the trail hands ride out of town, restoring order.