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Cimarron City is an short-lived American Western television series starring George Montgomery and John Smith that aired on NBC from October 11, 1958 until April 4, 1959. The name "Cimarron City" refers to a boom town north of Oklahoma City rich in oil and gold which aspires to become the capital of the future state of Oklahoma.

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Synopsis

George Montgomery, a veteran of Western B-movies, played Matthew Rockford, the son of the city's founder. Rockford is also the mayor and a major cattle rancher. Rockford works blacksmith and Deputy Sheriff Lane Temple, played by John Smith, to maintain law and tranquility amid all of the outlaw activity and various crooked schemes concocted by the populace. Audrey Totter played boarding house owner Beth Purcell. The episodes were supposed to rotate equally among Montgomery, Smith, and Totter. The writers, however, did not give Totter enough of the leads as promised. She became a bit player and left the series. The series also featured Dan Blocker in his pre-Bonanza role as Tiny Budinger, a ranch hand for Rockford. Cimarron City lasted only a single season.

Cast

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

Guest stars

* Ed Hinton as a prosecutor in the 1958 episode "Kid on a Calico Horse"
* Gregg Palmer as Tom Hiller in the episode "The Bitter Lesson"

Production notes

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

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