Topeka
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“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.
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Bill Elliott
Jim Levering
Known for
Dangerous
Phyllis Coates
Marian Harrison
Known for
Superman and the Mole Men
Thomas Carr
Milton Raison
Vincent M. Fennelly
Rick Vallin
Ray Hammond
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Fuzzy Knight
Pop Harrison
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John James
Marv Ronsom
Known for
Flying Tigers
Denver Pyle
Jonas Bailey
Known for
The Dukes of Hazzard
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Dick Crockett
Will Peters
Known for
The Party
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Harry Lauter
Mack Wilson
Known for
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
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Dale Van Sickel
Henchman Jake Manning
Known for
Duel
Thomas Carr Director · Milton Raison Screenplay
United States release August 9, 1953 · Produced in United States · Production Allied Artists Pictures
Production
Westwood Productions
Production
Allied Artists Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 9, 1953
Theatrical
Germany
November 1, 1955
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