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Wichita Town (1959)

September. 30,1959
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Wichita Town

1959

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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Seasons & Episode

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Seasons 1 : 1959

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26 Episode

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Episode 1 - The Night the Cowboys Roared (Pilot)
September. 30,1959

Episode 2 - Wyndham's Way
October. 07,1959

Episode 3 - Bullet for a Friend
October. 14,1959

Episode 4 - They Won't Hang Jimmy Relson
October. 21,1959

Episode 5 - Drifting
October. 28,1959

Episode 6 - Man on the Hill
November. 04,1959

Episode 7 - Day of Battle
November. 18,1959

Episode 8 - Compadre
November. 25,1959

Episode 9 - Passage to the Enemy
December. 02,1959

Episode 10 - Out of the Past
December. 09,1959

Episode 11 - Death Watch
December. 16,1959

Episode 12 - The Devil's Choice
December. 23,1959

Episode 13 - Biggest Man in Town
December. 30,1959

Episode 14 - Ruby Dawes
January. 06,1960

Episode 15 - Bought
January. 13,1960

Episode 16 - The Long Night
January. 20,1960

Episode 17 - Seed of Hate
January. 27,1960

Episode 18 - The Avengers
February. 03,1960

Episode 19 - Brothers of the Knife
February. 10,1960

Episode 20 - Afternoon in Town
February. 17,1960

Episode 21 - The Frontiersman
March. 02,1960

Episode 22 - The Hanging Judge
March. 09,1960

Episode 23 - Second Chance
March. 16,1960

Episode 24 - Paid in Full
March. 23,1960

Episode 25 - The Legend of Tom Horn
March. 30,1960

Episode 26 - Sidekicks (Series Finale)
April. 06,1960

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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Jody McCrea, Joel McCrea
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