After accidentally killing a good friend in a battle during the Civil War, "Cal Wayne" (Bobby Darin) returns to his hometown with a heavy conscience only to discover that Abilene has changed since the last time he was there two years ago. For starters, there is a great amount of tension between the farmers in the area and the cattlemen who are moving their herds through their property. To complicate matters even more, the man responsible for much of the tension named "Grant Evers" (Leslie Nielsen) is not only engaged to Cal's former girlfriend "Amy Martin" (Emily Banks) but is also the brother of the man Cal shot and killed. So when Grant offers him a job as the town sheriff Cal feels honor bound to accept-even though he now harbors a revulsion towards carrying a gun. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film was better than I expected in that it had an interesting plot and good character development to back it up. Admittedly, the cast wasn't top-notch but the acting was solid enough and for that reason I have rated this picture accordingly. Slightly above average.
Review of Gunfight in Abilene
