Cimarron City (TV series)

Cimarron City
George Montgomery as Matthew Rockford, with guest star Fred MacMurray, in "I, the People" (1958)
Genre	Western
Written by	Norman Jolley Richard Morgan Tom Seller
Directed by	Richard Bartlett Abner Biberman John Meredyth Lucas
Starring	George Montgomery John Smith Audrey Totter Dan Blocker
Theme music composer	Frederick Herbert Stanley Wilson
Composer	Paul Dunlap
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producers	Richard Bartlett Norman Jolley
Cinematography	Jack MacKenzie William A. Sickner John F. Warren
Editor	Lee Huntington
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Mont Productions Revue Studios
Distributor	MCA TV (1963-1964) NBCUniversal Television Distribution (2004-2011)
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monoaural
Original release	September 27, 1958 (1958-09-27) – April 4, 1959 (1959-04-04)

Cimarron City is an American one-hour Western television series, starring George Montgomery as Matt Rockford and John Smith as Lane Temple, that aired on NBC from 1958 to 1959. Cimarron City is a boomtown in Logan County, Oklahoma, north of Oklahoma City. Rich in oil and gold, Cimarron City aspires to become the capital of the future state of Oklahoma, to be created in 1907.

Synopsis[]

Matthew Rockford is the son of an area cattle rancher, who is the founder and mayor of Cimarron City. Lane Temple, the blacksmith, serves also as the deputy sheriff. He maintains the law amid the crooked schemes concocted in Cimarron City.

Audrey Totter played Beth Purcell, the owner of the boarding house. The episodes were supposed to rotate equally among Montgomery, Smith, and Totter. The writers, however, did not give Totter enough stories as promised, and she left the series. Cimarron City also featured Dan Blocker (before Bonanza) in two roles. In the second episode, Blocker plays outlaw Carl Budinger, who is killed. In the fourth episode, he reappears as Carl's good-hearted brother, Tiny Budinger, who becomes one of Rockford's ranch hands.

Cast[]

• George Montgomery as Matt Rockford, Mayor
• John Smith as Deputy Lane Temple
• Audrey Totter as Beth Purcell
• Dan Blocker as Tiny Carl Budinger
• Wally Brown as Jed Fame
• Claire Carleton as Alice Purdy
• Pete Dunn as Dody Hamer
• George Dunn as Jesse Williams
• Tom Fadden as Silas Perry
• Stuart Randall as Sheriff Art Sampson
• Addison Richards as Martin Kingsley
• Fred Sherman as Burt Purdy

Guest stars[]

Production notes[]

The series was filmed at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth in Los Angeles County, California.

Cimarron City was placed opposite two more successful half-hour Western programs on the rival CBS network, Richard Boone's Have Gun, Will Travel and James Arness' Gunsmoke.

Episode list[]

Home media[]

On March 6, 2012, Timeless Media Group released Cimarron City: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.^[1]

References[]

Further reading[]

• McNeil, Alex. Total Television (1996). New York: Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-024916-8
• Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows (1999). New York: Ballantine Books ISBN 0-345-42923-0

External links[]

• Cimarron City at IMDb
• http://www.westernclippings.com/remember/gmontgomery_doyouremember.shtml%7C%7CWestern^{[permanent dead link]} Western Clippings George Montgomery interview
• Cimarron City at epguides.com