Movielogr
Topeka (1953)
Directed by Thomas Carr
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 69 minutes
Actors
Bill Elliott | Phyllis Coates | Rick Vallin | Fuzzy Knight | John James | Denver Pyle | Dick Crockett | Harry Lauter | Dale van Sickel | Ted Mapes | Henry Rowland | Edward Clark | I. Stanford Jolley | Bill Coontz | George Sowards | Michael Vallon | Stanley Price | Whitey Hughes | Leonard P. Geer