Topeka
“A TRAIL OF GUNSMOKE DREW HIM TO TOPEKA!”
1953•NR•1h 9m•6.0•Released
Western
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.
Director
Thomas Carr
Writer
Milton Raison
Languages
English
Studio
Westwood Productions
Cast
Bill Elliott
Jim Levering
Phyllis Coates
Marian Harrison
Rick Vallin
Ray Hammond
Fuzzy Knight
Pop Harrison
John James
Marv Ronsom
Denver Pyle
Jonas Bailey
Dick Crockett
Will Peters
Harry Lauter
Mack Wilson
Dale Van Sickel
Henchman Jake Manning
Ted Mapes
Henchman Cully
Henry Rowland
Cheated Gambler
Edward Clark
Banker Corley
I. Stanford Jolley
Doc Mason
Bill Coontz
Bill (uncredited)
George Sowards
George (uncredited)
Production
Company
Westwood Productions
Company
Allied Artists Pictures
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