The Topeka Terror
MovieTitle | The Topeka Terror |
User score | 4 |
Release date | Jan 26, 1945 |
Genre | Western, Action, Adventure |
Director | Howard Bretherton |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Republic Pictures |
Run time | 55 min. |
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.