Wichita (1955)

Wichita (1955)

 

Wichita is a 1955 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Jacques Tourneur and starring Joel McCrea as Wyatt Earp

   

The film won a Golden Globe Award for Best Outdoor Drama. The supporting cast features Vera Miles, Lloyd Bridges, Edgar Buchanan, Peter Graves, Jack Elam and Mae Clarke

The film's premiere was held in Wichita, Kansas, at The Wichita Theatre, 310 East Douglas, with the stars in attendance

Vera Miles had been Miss Kansas in 1948 and was third runner up in the Miss America pageant

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association awarded the film with "Best Picture - Outdoor Drama" in 1955

It was mostly filmed in California,including in Thousand Oaks, CA

 

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