Western ·Action ·Adventure · United States of America · 1945 · 55m

The Topeka Terror

Director

Cast

Allan Lane as Chad Stevens Linda Stirling as June Hardy Earle Hodgins as Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale Twinkle Watts as Midge Hardy Roy Barcroft as Ben Jode Bud Geary as Henchman Clyde Flint

Crew

Patricia Harper — Screenplay Norman S. Hall — Screenplay Patricia Harper — Story

Tagline

Saga of the Untamed West!

Synopsis

The Topeka Terror is a western film of 1945 directed by Howard Bretherton. The land-rush opening of the Cherokee Strip brings in its wake a scattering of outlaws and claim jumpers. Among these is a crooked promoter. Trent Parker (Frank Jacquet), and his henchmen who plan a huge swindle by compiling falsified reports, putting the claims of honest settlers into the names of various henchmen. Clay Stevens (Allan Lane), a government agent posing as a drifting cowhand, advises the settlers to organize their resistance. Ben Jode (Roy Barcroft), the gang leader, runs for sheriff so he can gain full control of the town.

Mood & Themes

settler claim

Key Collaborators

Howard Bretherton Director Patricia Harper Screenplay Norman S. Hall Screenplay Patricia Harper Story

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