Topeka (1953)
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.
- Date of release
- 1953-08-09
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Thomas Carr
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Topeka is a 1953 American Western film directed by Thomas Carr and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Phyllis Coates and Rick Vallin.
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