Wichita (Film)

Wichita is a film by French director Jacques Tourneur from the year 1955., The Western is based on a short story by the American Daniel B. Ullman, who also wrote the screenplay and was produced by Allied Artists Pictures Corporation.

Action

Gunslinger Wyatt Earp is in Wichita Marshal and ensures that in the emerging city law and must not yield to the onslaught of violent cattle drovers from Texas. He gets married and moves with his wife to Dodge City to also ensure there for law and order.

Reviews

Joe Hembus referred to Wichita as a very beautiful film " by the sheriff, who provides quiet and stubborn his office ( ... ), taking each day to again make the experience that the representatives of the business are limited for Law and Order, because restlessness is equal to sales. "History is on the whole authentic, but their hero was a lawyer named Tucker. Earp had the story appropriated later. Phil Hardy calls the film an "outstanding Western ". Tourneur directed was " simple and stylish ", " action-packed " the script.

Comments

  • The title song " Wichita " is by Tex Ritter, the " singing cowboy ".
  • The later successful film director and screenwriter Sam Peckinpah acts here in his third film in a small role as a bank cashier.

Awards

  • In 1956, Wichita won the Golden Globe for Best Outdoor Drama (German: outdoor drama ).
1955 in film Film score Hans J. Salter John Smith (actor) France Dodge City, Kansas Golden Globe Award
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