| Wichita | |
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| Directed by | Jacques Tourneur |
| Screenplay by | Daniel B. Ullman |
| Story by | Daniel B. Ullman |
| Produced by | Walter Mirisch Victor Heerman |
| Starring | Joel McCrea |
| Cinematography | Harold Lipstein |
| Edited by | William Austin |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Allied Artists Pictures |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.4 million (US) [1] |
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.
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It was mostly filmed in California, [2] including in Thousand Oaks, CA. [3]
