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A Killing in Abilene
Originally Aired: December 14, 1950
Suspense #407, "A Killing in Abilene," stars Alan Ladd as Jeff Mander, a man who has traveled 300 miles from Abilene to find Lee Burridge, the man who murdered his brother Seth two years ago. Jeff arrives in Pleasant Valley just as the townspeople unearth the body of Fred Coston, beaten to death in the same brutal manner as Jeff's brother. The angry citizens, led by Ben Chafey, want immediate frontier justice and plan to lynch Burridge themselves. Sheriff Jake Garvey struggles to maintain order, but the mob mentality is growing stronger.
Jeff faces a moral…
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