
Film
Topeka
1953 · 1h 9m · Western
A TRAIL OF GUNSMOKE DREW HIM TO TOPEKA!
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Overview
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.
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)

Michael Vallon
Bartender (uncredited)
Crew
- Thomas CarrDirector
- Milton RaisonScreenplay
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 9, 1953
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Western
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