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Topeka

5.0 69 mins Western   1953
Westwood Productions   Allied Artists Pictures  
Director(s): Thomas Carr

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.

Casts of Topeka

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 Henchman Jake Manning

Ted Mapes

as Henchman Cully

Henry Rowland

as Cheated Gambler

Edward Clark

as Banker Corley

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)

Whitey Hughes

as Henchman (uncredited)

Leonard P. Geer

as Townsman (uncredited)

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