Topeka (film)
1953 film by Thomas Carr
Topeka is a 1953 American Western film directed by Thomas Carr and starring Wild Bill Elliott, Phyllis Coates and Rick Vallin.
Plot
Cast
Wild Bill Elliott as Jim Levering
Phyllis Coates as Marian Harrison
Rick Vallin as Ray Hammond
Fuzzy Knight as Pop Harrison
John James as Marv Ronsom
Denver Pyle as Jonas Bailey
Dick Crockett as Will Peters
Harry Lauter as Mack Wilson
Dale Van Sickel as Henchman Jake Manning
Ted Mapes as Henchman Cully
Henry Rowland as Cheated Gambler
Edward Clark as Banker Corley
I. Stanford Jolley as Doc Mason
References
Bibliography
Martin, Len D. The Allied Artists Checklist: The Feature Films and Short Subjects of Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, 1947-1978. McFarland & Company, 1993.
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