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Gunfight In Abilene (1967)

• Director
  • William Hale
• Writers
  • Berne Giler
  • John D.F. Black
  • Clarence Upson Young
• Stars
  • Bobby Darin
  • Emily Banks
  • Leslie Nielsen

  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.