Topeka (1953)
A TRAIL OF GUNSMOKE DREW HIM TO TOPEKA!
69 min
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.
- Release date
- August 9, 1953
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- 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
- Dick Crockett as Will Peters
- Harry Lauter as Mack Wilson
- Dale Van Sickel as Jake Manning
- Ted Mapes as Cully
Crew
- Thomas Carr · Director
- Milton Raison · Writer
- Vincent M. Fennelly · Producer
- Raoul Kraushaar · Composer
- Ernest Miller · Cinematographer
- Sam Fields · Editor