Wichita

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.

Cast

Joel McCrea

as Wyatt Earp

Vera Miles

as Laurie McCoy

Lloyd Bridges

as Gyp Clements

Wallace Ford

as Arthur Whiteside

Edgar Buchanan

as Doc Black

Peter Graves

as Morgan Earp

Keith Larsen

as Bat Masterson

Carl Benton Reid

as Mayor Andrew Hope

John Smith

as Jim Earp

Walter Coy

as Sam McCoy

Reviews

John Chard

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. ...

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