Wichita (film)

Infobox Film
name = Wichita


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director = Jacques Tourneur
producer = Walter Mirisch
writer = Daniel B. Ullman
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starring = Joel McCrea
music = Hans J. Salter
cinematography = Harold Lipstein
editing = William Austin
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released = 1955
runtime = 81 min
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0048806

"Wichita" is a 1955 Western movie directed by Jacques Tourneur. The film won a Golden Globe Award for Best Outdoor Drama.

Plot

Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita, Kansas. His skill as a gunfighter make him a perfect candidate for Marshal but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.

Cast

*Joel McCrea - Wyatt Earp
*Vera Miles - Laurie McCoy
*Lloyd Bridges - Gyp Clements
*Wallace Ford - Arthur Whiteside
*Edgar Buchanan - Doc Black
*Peter Graves - Morgan Earp
*Keith Larsen - Bat Masterson
*Carl Benton Reid - Mayor Andrew Hoke
*John Smith - Jim Earp
*Walter Coy - Sam McCoy
*Robert J. Wilke - Ben Thompson
*Walter Sande - Clint Wallace
*Jack Elam - Al Mann
*Mae Clarke - Mary Elizabeth McCoy
*Gene Wesson - Robber #1
*Sam Peckinpah plays a bit part as a bank teller

External links

* [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808736100/info Yahoo! Movies Page for Wichita]