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.
Thomas Carr
Director
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
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Dodge City69%
Gunless64%
The Bravados66%
3:10 to Yuma72%
The Five59%
Go West65%
Hombre70%
The Fighting Kentuckian59%
Nevada Smith67%
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance78%
Hud72%
Blazing Saddles72%
El Dorado73%
No Name on the Bullet66%
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Ramrod65%
Return of the Gunfighter61%
Bad Day at Black Rock72%
The Apple Dumpling Gang65%
