Wichita (1955)
03/07/1955
Western
1h 21m
- 63% (52 votes)
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THE TRUE SAVAGE STORY OF WYATT EARP!
Overview
Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes 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.
- Jacques TourneurDirector
- Daniel B. UllmanScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- saloon
- marshal
- wyatt earp
- gunfight
- moral courage
- cattle
- wild west
- gunfighter
- wichita kansas
- small western town
- gun shooting
- hired gun
- drunkenness
- alcohol problems
- gun control
- town marshal
- boom town
- cattlemen
- origin story
- civil unrest
- driveby shooting
- accidental shooting
- commerce without conscience
- cowboys
- no guns in the bar
- drunk men
- law and order
- wichita
- gun ban
- child killed by gun
Top Billed 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 Hope
John Smith
Jim Earp
Walter Coy
Sam McCoy
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