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Topeka

Topeka

Western

1h 9m

August 9, 1953 (72 years ago)

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Bill Elliott

Bill Elliott

Jim Levering

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Phyllis Coates

Phyllis Coates

Marian Harrison

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Rick Vallin

Rick Vallin

Ray Hammond

Birthday: September 24, 1919

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Fuzzy Knight

Fuzzy Knight

Pop Harrison

Birthday: May 9, 1901

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John James

John James

Marv Ronsom

Birthday: August 7, 1913

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Denver Pyle

Denver Pyle

Jonas Bailey

Birthday: May 11, 1920

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Dick Crockett

Dick Crockett

Will Peters

Birthday: February 27, 1915

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Harry Lauter

Harry Lauter

Mack Wilson

Birthday: June 19, 1914

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Dale Van Sickel

Dale Van Sickel

Henchman Jake Manning

Birthday: November 29, 1907

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Ted Mapes

Ted Mapes

Henchman Cully

Birthday: November 25, 1901

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