The short-lived series "Cimarron City" may not have been a particularly memorable western,but it had a great premise. When this western premiered on NBC-TV in October of 1958,the network mounted that "Cimarron City" was going to be bigger and better than "Wagon Train"(which was at the time the network's top-rated program,and the second most watched show on television).
Not a particularly memorable western and yet, after all these decades, the theme melody still rattles around in my head occasionally. George Montgomery was fine, Audry Totter solid, and the tragic John Smith as competent as could be.
Had George Montgomery played his cards right, he could have had a place in TV history as the first-ever star of an adult western. When Desilu began planning their series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, they had Montgomery in mind for the lead.
