Monday Morning Maybe

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Showdown at Abilene

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1956 | 80 min | Western

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Tailor-made for history and war-film fans and western fans. It puts you in the middle of the fighting, and doesn't let you forget the cost.
The mood
Easygoing.
The pace
Never drags, at 1 hr 20 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
What might put you off
Made in 1956: an older pace and style.

Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend Dave Mosely is now engaged to Trask's former sweetheart and is one of the cattlemen increasingly feuding with the original farmers. Trask is persuaded to take up as sheriff again but there is something about the death of Mosely's brother in the Civil War that is haunting him.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 3K people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing

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Cast & crew

Directed by Charles F. Haas

  • Jock MahoneyJim Trask
  • Martha HyerPeggy Bigelow
  • Lyle BettgerDave Mosely
  • David JanssenVerne Ward
  • Grant WilliamsChip Tomlin
  • Ted de CorsiaDan Claudius
  • Harry HarveyRoss Bigelow (as Harry Harvey Sr.)
  • Dayton LummisJack Bedford
  • Richard H. CuttingNelson
  • Robert AndersonSprague (as Robert G. Anderson)