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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  Thomas Carr

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  Bill Elliott
  Jim Levering
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  Phyllis Coates
  Marian Harrison
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  Rick Vallin
  Ray Hammond
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  Fuzzy Knight
  Pop Harrison
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  John James
  Marv Ronsom
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  Denver Pyle
  Jonas Bailey
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  Dick Crockett
  Will Peters
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  Harry Lauter
  Mack Wilson
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  Dale Van Sickel
  Henchman Jake Manning
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  Ted Mapes
  Henchman Cully
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  Henry Rowland
  Cheated Gambler
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  Edward Clark
  Banker Corley
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  I. Stanford Jolley
  Doc Mason
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  Bill Coontz
  Bill (uncredited)
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  George Sowards
  George (uncredited)
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  Michael Vallon
  Bartender (uncredited)
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  Stanley Price
  Bank Teller (uncredited)
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  Whitey Hughes
  Henchman (uncredited)
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  Leonard P. Geer
  Townsman (uncredited)