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{{Short description|1955 film by Jacques Tourneur}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Wichita
| name = Wichita
| image = Wichita poster.jpg
| image = Wichita poster.jpg

| image_size =
| caption =
| caption =
| director = [[Jacques Tourneur]]
| director = [[Jacques Tourneur]]
| producer = [[Walter Mirisch]]<br>[[Victor Heerman]]
| producer = [[Walter Mirisch]]<br>[[Victor Heerman]]
| writer = [[Daniel B. Ullman]]
| screenplay = [[Daniel B. Ullman]]
| story = [[Daniel B. Ullman]]
| narrator =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Joel McCrea]]<br>[[Vera Miles]]<br>[[Lloyd Bridges]]
| starring = [[Joel McCrea]]
| music = [[Hans J. Salter]]
| music = [[Hans J. Salter]]
| cinematography = Harold Lipstein
| cinematography = Harold Lipstein
| editing = William Austin
| editing = William Austin
| color_process = [[Technicolor]]
| studio = Allied Artists Pictures
| studio = Allied Artists Pictures
| distributor = [[Allied Artists Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Allied Artists Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1955|7|3|United States}}
| released = {{Film date|1955|7|3|}}
| runtime = 81 minutes
| runtime = 81 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
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}}


'''''Wichita''''' is a 1955 [[CinemaScope]] [[Technicolor]] [[western (genre)|Western]] film directed by [[Jacques Tourneur]] and starring [[Joel McCrea]] as [[Wyatt Earp]]. The film won a [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best Outdoor Drama. The supporting cast features [[Vera Miles]], [[Lloyd Bridges]], [[Edgar Buchanan]], [[Peter Graves (actor)|Peter Graves]], [[Jack Elam]] and [[Mae Clarke]]. The film's premiere was held in Wichita, Kansas, at The Wichita Theatre, 310 East Douglas, with the stars in attendance. Vera Miles had been Miss Kansas in 1948 and was third runner up in the Miss America pageant. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awarded the film with "Best Picture - Outdoor Drama" in 1955.
'''''Wichita''''' is a 1955 American [[CinemaScope]] [[Western (genre)|Western]] film directed by [[Jacques Tourneur]] and starring [[Joel McCrea]] as [[Wyatt Earp]]. The film won a [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best Outdoor Drama. The supporting cast features [[Vera Miles]], [[Lloyd Bridges]], [[Edgar Buchanan]], [[Peter Graves (actor)|Peter Graves]], [[Jack Elam]] and [[Mae Clarke]]. The film's premiere was held in Wichita, Kansas, at The Wichita Theatre, 310 East Douglas, with the stars in attendance. Vera Miles had been Miss Kansas in 1948 and was third runner up in the Miss America pageant. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awarded the film with "Best Picture - Outdoor Drama" in 1955.


It was mostly filmed in [[California]],<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048806/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt</ref> including in [[Thousand Oaks, CA]].<ref>Fujiwara, Chris (2013). ''Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall''. McFarland. Page 308. ISBN 9781476608112.</ref>
It was mostly filmed in [[California]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048806/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt|title=Wichita (1955) - IMDb|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> including in [[Thousand Oaks, CA]].<ref>Fujiwara, Chris (2013). ''Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall''. McFarland. Page 308. {{ISBN|9781476608112}}.</ref>


== Synopsis ==
==Plot==
Former [[American bison|bison]] hunter and entrepreneur [[Wyatt Earp]] ([[Joel McCrea]]) arrives in the lawless cattle town of [[Wichita, Kansas]]. His skills 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. As with the later film ''[[Warlock (1959 film)|Warlock]]'' in 1959, the lawman comes in conflict with his sponsors. His least popular move is to take away the guns of everyone in town, no matter how important. Only when town banker Sam McCoy ([[Walter Coy]]) is hit with a personal tragedy does Earp's no-guns edict begin to make sense.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/wichita-v116942|title=Wichita (1955) - Jacques Tourneur - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref>
Former [[American bison|bison]] hunter and entrepreneur [[Wyatt Earp]] ([[Joel McCrea]]) arrives in the lawless cattle town of [[Wichita, Kansas]]. His skills 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. His least popular move is to take away the guns of everyone in town, no matter how important. Only when town banker Sam McCoy ([[Walter Coy]]) is hit with a personal tragedy does Earp's no-guns edict begin to make sense.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/wichita-v116942|title=Wichita (1955) - Jacques Tourneur - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref>


== Cast ==
==Cast==
* [[Joel McCrea]] as [[Wyatt Earp]]
* [[Joel McCrea]] as [[Wyatt Earp]]
* [[Vera Miles]] as Laurie McCoy
* [[Vera Miles]] as Laurie McCoy
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* [[John Smith (actor)|John Smith]] as [[James Earp|Jim Earp]]
* [[John Smith (actor)|John Smith]] as [[James Earp|Jim Earp]]
* [[Walter Coy]] as Sam McCoy
* [[Walter Coy]] as Sam McCoy
* [[Robert J. Wilke]] as Ben Thompson
* [[Robert J. Wilke]] as Ben Thompson (as Robert Wilke)
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* [[Jack Elam]] as Al
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* [[Mae Clarke]] as Mrs. McCoy
* [[Walter Sande]] as Clint Wallace
* [[Walter Sande]] as Clint Wallace
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* [[Jack Elam]] as Al Mann
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* [[Mae Clarke]] as Mary Elizabeth McCoy
* [[Sam Peckinpah]] as bank teller


==See also==
==See also==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0048806|Wichita}}
* {{IMDb title|0048806|Wichita}}
* {{Amg movie|116942|Wichita}}
* {{AllMovie title|116942|Wichita}}
* {{tcmdb title|id=16514}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=16514}}
* {{AFI film|id=51723|title=Wichita}}
* {{AFI film|id=51723|title=Wichita}}
* Richard Brody. [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/movie-week-wichita/amp Movie of the Week: ''Wichita''] [[The New Yorker]] (Nov. 12, 2014).


{{Jacques Tourneur}}
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Wichita
Directed byJacques Tourneur
Screenplay byDaniel B. Ullman
Story byDaniel B. Ullman
Produced byWalter Mirisch
Victor Heerman
StarringJoel McCrea
CinematographyHarold Lipstein
Edited byWilliam Austin
Music byHans J. Salter
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Allied Artists Pictures
Distributed byAllied Artists Pictures
Release date
  • July 3, 1955 (1955-07-03)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.4 million (US)[1]

Wichita is a 1955 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Joel McCrea as Wyatt Earp. The film won a Golden Globe Award for Best Outdoor Drama. The supporting cast features Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges, Edgar Buchanan, Peter Graves, Jack Elam and Mae Clarke. The film's premiere was held in Wichita, Kansas, at The Wichita Theatre, 310 East Douglas, with the stars in attendance. Vera Miles had been Miss Kansas in 1948 and was third runner up in the Miss America pageant. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awarded the film with "Best Picture - Outdoor Drama" in 1955.

It was mostly filmed in California,[2] including in Thousand Oaks, CA.[3]

Plot

Former bison hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp (Joel McCrea) arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita, Kansas. His skills 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. His least popular move is to take away the guns of everyone in town, no matter how important. Only when town banker Sam McCoy (Walter Coy) is hit with a personal tragedy does Earp's no-guns edict begin to make sense.[4]

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956
  2. ^ "Wichita (1955) - IMDb". IMDb.
  3. ^ Fujiwara, Chris (2013). Jacques Tourneur: The Cinema of Nightfall. McFarland. Page 308. ISBN 9781476608112.
  4. ^ "Wichita (1955) - Jacques Tourneur - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.


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