Cimarron City (TV series)
Cimarron City is an American one-hour Western television series, starring George Montgomery as Matt Rockford and John Smith as Lane Temple, airing for 26 episodes on NBC from 1958 to 1959 before being canceled. 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. 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". Home media. On March 6, 2012, Timeless Media Group released "Cimarron City: The Complete Series" on DVD in Region 1.