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Wichita Town

Wichita Town

1959 • 4.9 • Western • 30m
US • English

Wichita Town is a half-hour western television series starring Joel McCrea, Jody McCrea, Carlos Romero, and George Neise that aired on NBC from September 30, 1959, until April 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 McCrea's real life son, Jody, and Rico Rodriquez, portrayed by Carlos Romero. Making occasional appearances were the town doctor, Nat Wyndham, the blacksmith, Aeneas MacLinahan, and the bartender in the local saloon, Joe Kingston, played in six episodes by Robert Foulk. The model for shows such as these had already been laid out by other western programs such as Gunsmoke, Lawman, and The 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 were the presence of Joel McCrea, a favorite of Western movie audiences for his performance in such films as Union Pacific, Buffalo Bill, and Ramrod, and the fact that his real life son was in Wichita Town, but did not play his son. Wichita Town was produced by Mirisch Company and Joel McCrea's Production company for Four Star Television and aired for a single season.

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Episodes

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The Night the Cowboys Roared (Pilot)

E1 30m
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Wyndham's Way

E2 30m
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Bullet for a Friend

E3 30m
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They Won't Hang Jimmy Relson

E4 30m
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Drifting

E5 30m
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Man on the Hill

E6 30m
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Day of Battle

E7 30m
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Compadre

E8 30m
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Passage to the Enemy

E9 30m
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Out of the Past

E10 30m
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Death Watch

E11 30m
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The Devil's Choice

E12 30m
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Biggest Man in Town

E13 30m
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Ruby Dawes

E14 30m
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Bought

E15 30m
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The Long Night

E16 30m
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Seed of Hate

E17 30m
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The Avengers

E18 30m
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Brothers of the Knife

E19 30m
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Afternoon in Town

E20 30m
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The Frontiersman

E21 30m
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The Hanging Judge

E22 30m
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Second Chance

E23 30m
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Paid in Full

E24 30m
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The Legend of Tom Horn

E25 30m
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Sidekicks (Series Finale)

E26 30m