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Wichita

  • 1955
  • Passed
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2K
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Lloyd Bridges, Edgar Buchanan, Joel McCrea, and Vera Miles in Wichita (1955)
Western

In 1874, after noticing the total lawlessness in Wichita, Wyatt Earp reluctantly accepts the Marshal's job and runs into the worst local troublemakers.In 1874, after noticing the total lawlessness in Wichita, Wyatt Earp reluctantly accepts the Marshal's job and runs into the worst local troublemakers.In 1874, after noticing the total lawlessness in Wichita, Wyatt Earp reluctantly accepts the Marshal's job and runs into the worst local troublemakers.

  • Director
    • Jacques Tourneur
  • Writer
    • Daniel B. Ullman
  • Stars
    • Joel McCrea
    • Vera Miles
    • Lloyd Bridges
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jacques Tourneur
    • Writer
      • Daniel B. Ullman
    • Stars
      • Joel McCrea
      • Vera Miles
      • Lloyd Bridges
    • 26User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Wichita (1955)
    Joel McCrea and Vera Miles in Wichita (1955)
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    Joel McCrea in Wichita (1955)
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    Joel McCrea and Vera Miles in Wichita (1955)
    Joel McCrea and Vera Miles in Wichita (1955)

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    Joel McCrea
    Joel McCrea
    • Wyatt Earp
    Vera Miles
    Vera Miles
    • Laurie McCoy
    Lloyd Bridges
    Lloyd Bridges
    • Gyp Clements
    Wallace Ford
    Wallace Ford
    • Arthur Whiteside
    Edgar Buchanan
    Edgar Buchanan
    • Doc Black
    Peter Graves
    Peter Graves
    • Morgan Earp
    Keith Larsen
    Keith Larsen
    • Bat Masterson
    Carl Benton Reid
    Carl Benton Reid
    • Mayor Andrew Hope
    John Smith
    John Smith
    • Jim Earp
    Walter Coy
    Walter Coy
    • Sam McCoy
    Robert J. Wilke
    Robert J. Wilke
    • Ben Thompson
    • (as Robert Wilke)
    Jack Elam
    Jack Elam
    • Al
    Mae Clarke
    Mae Clarke
    • Mrs. McCoy
    Walter Sande
    Walter Sande
    • Clint Wallace
    Robert Anderson
    Robert Anderson
    • Bank Robber
    • (uncredited)
    Gertrude Astor
    Gertrude Astor
    • Saloon Madam
    • (uncredited)
    Rayford Barnes
    Rayford Barnes
    • Hal Clements
    • (uncredited)
    John Bose
    John Bose
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jacques Tourneur
    • Writer
      • Daniel B. Ullman(story and screenplay)
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Sam Peckinpah played a bit part as a bank teller.
    • Goofs
      They have Wyatt Earp meeting Bat Masterson in Wichita for the first time and Bartholemew calls himself Bat when introducing himself. Bat started using his shortened name later in life and they actually met their first time in Dodge City Kansas not Wichita per Bat's own memoirs.
    • Quotes

      Clint Wallace: [a solitary figure on horseback appears in the distance] What do you make of him, Ben?

      Ben Thompson: Well, he's no Indian.

      Clint Wallace: Could be a scout for some rustlers. This country's full of 'em.

      Ben Thompson: He's headin' this way and he's not hidin'. He's probably some pilgrim looking for a free meal.

      Clint Wallace: He's welcome to that. We're not takin' any chances.

      Ben Thompson: Al, go out and check up on that rider.

      Al: How much checkin up you want?

      Ben Thompson: Make sure he's alone, that's all. If he has got a bunch behind him we'll know in plenty of time to be ready for him.

    • Connections
      Featured in The First Texan (1956)
    • Soundtracks
      Wichita
      Music by Hans J. Salter (as Hans Salter)

      Lyrics by Ned Washington

      Sung by Tex Ritter

    User reviews26

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    8/10
    The Kansas Law Dog!
    Wichita is directed by Jacques Tourneur and written by Daniel B. Ullman. It stars Joel McCrea, Vera Miles, Wallace Ford, Edgar Buchannan, Lloyd Bridges and Keith Larsen. It's filmed in Cinemascope/Technicolor with cinematography by Harold Lipstein and music by Hans J. Salter.

    Wichita is an origin story, that of one Wyatt Earp (McCrea), the story is set before he gets to Dodge City, where apparently some famous gunfight occurred. From a narrative stand point it's a town tamer story, Earp arrives in a newly thriving Wichita, at this point he's a hunter of buffalo only. But as the cowboys converge on the town, and things turn very dark, Earp - a bastion of good and just righteousness - finds it impossible to continue in turning down the town superior's offers of becoming the town Marshal.

    It's one of those Western movies that made Western movie fans become Western movie fans. A film you would have watched as a youngster and just bought totally into the good guy against the baddies central core. Of course as youngsters we wouldn't have cared a jot about thematics such as capitalism ruling over common sense, or metaphysical leanings ticking away, all while a genius director is composing shots and frames of great distinction. Hell! Even the intelligence and maturity in the writing would have escaped us, the dark passages merely incidents of no great concern...

    Wichita is damn fine film making. OK! It isn't wall to wall action. Sure there is a good round of knuckles, a bit of trench warfare and the standard shoot-outs, but these are just conduits to smart and compelling human drama, richly performed by McCrea (brilliantly cast) and company. Tourneur, Ullman and Lipstein make sure there is no waste on the page or via location framing, the costuming authentic and pleasing, and of course the story itself, the set up of the iconic man himself, is as compelling as it is splendidly entertaining.

    It be a traditional Western for the traditional Western fan. Nice! 8/10
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 21, 1955 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Vičita
    • Filming locations
      • Sonora, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Allied Artists Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,400,000
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 21 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.55 : 1

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