- Wichita Town
infobox television
show_name = Wichita Town
format = Western
picture_format =Black and white (1959-1960)
runtime = 30 minutes
starring =Joel McCrea Jody McCrea
Carlos RomeroGeorge Neise
country =United States
network =NBC
first_aired =September 30 ,1959
last_aired =April 6 ,1960
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 26
imdb_id = 0052525|Wichita Town is a Western television series starring
Joel McCrea ,Jody McCrea , Carlos Romero, andGeorge Neise that aired on theNBC television network fromSeptember 30 ,1959 untilApril 6 ,1960 .Joel McCrea played Marshal Mike Dunbar, in charge of keeping the peace the booming cowtown of
Wichita, Kansas . His deputies were Ben Matheson, played by Joel's real life son, Jody, and Rico Rodriquez, played by Carlos Romero. Making occasional appearances were the town doctor, Nat Wyndham (played by George Neise), the blacksmith, Aeneas MacLinahan (played by Robert Anderson), and the bartender in the local saloon, Joe Kingston (played byRobert Foulk ).The model for shows such as these had already been laid out by other Western television shows such as
Gunsmoke ,Lawman , andThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp , so Wichita Town may not have been unique in its plotting and structure. The two most unusual features about the series was the presence of Joel McCrea, a favorite of Western movie audiences for his performance in such films asUnion Pacific , Buffalo Bill, and Ramrod, and the fact that his real life son was in Wichita Town, but not playing his son. Wichita Town was produced by Mirisch-McCrea Productions and Four Star Studios and aired for only a single season.External links
* [http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0052525/#comment| Wichita Town] at the
The Internet Movie Database References
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Total Television " (1996). New York: Penguin Books ISBN 0-140-24916-8
* Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows " (1999). New York: Ballantine Books ISBN 0-345-42923-0
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