Topeka
Western
A TRAIL OF GUNSMOKE DREW HIM TO TOPEKA!
Bill Elliot emulates his idol William S. Hart in the superior western Topeka. Elliot plays the archetypal Good Bad Man, hired to kick the crooked element out of a small town. A hard-drinking, hard-living man, Elliot entertains thoughts of taking over the town himself for the benefit of his own gang. After several reels of soul-searching, Elliot decides to honor his promise to clean up the town for its decent citizens. Evidently director Thomas Carr rented a camera crane for this Allied Artists production, since the camera performs remarkable calisthenics, the kind not normally seen in a medium-budget western.
1953-08-09
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Cast
Director
Thomas Carr
Bill Elliott as Jim Levering
Phyllis Coates as Marian Harrison
Rick Vallin as Ray Hammond
Fuzzy Knight as Pop Harrison
John James as Marv Ronsom
Denver Pyle as Jonas Bailey
Harry Lauter as Mack Wilson
Dale Van Sickel as Henchman Jake Manning
Ted Mapes as Henchman Cully
Henry Rowland as Cheated Gambler
I. Stanford Jolley as Doc Mason
Bill Coontz as Bill (uncredited)
George Sowards as George (uncredited)
Michael Vallon as Bartender (uncredited)
Stanley Price as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Leonard P. Geer as Townsman (uncredited)