The Topeka Terror (1945)

Director:

Howard Bretherton

Writers:

Patricia Harper (story)
Patricia Harper (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 January 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Western

Tagline:

EXPOSED! a fearless lawman fighting outlaws with their own weapons...uncovers a ruthless plot to swindle pioneers of their hard-gained land!

Plot:

The land-rush opening of the Cherokee Strip brings in its wake a scattering of outlaws and claim jumpers...

Plot Keywords:

Undercover Agent | Newspaper Story | Argument | Piano | Crooked Land Agent

Cast

Allan Lane	...	Chad Stevens
Linda Stirling	...	June Hardy
Earle Hodgins	...	Don Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
Twinkle Watts	...	Midge Hardy
Roy Barcroft	...	Ben Jode
Bud Geary	...	Henchman Clyde Flint
Tom London	...	William Hardy
Frank Jaquet	...	Land Agent Trent Parker
Jack Kirk	...	Joe Green
Eva Novak	...	Mrs. Green (as Eve Novak)
Robert J. Wilke	...	Lynch-Mob Member (as Bob Wilke)
Hank Bell	...	Stage driver

Runtime:

55 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:Approved (PCA #10509)

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures (I)

Quotes:

Joe Green: I tell you Parker, I filed my claim according to regulation. This Matt Johnson's a claim jumper!
Trent Parker: You say you filed a claim, but I have no record of it in my book, Mr. Green. There it is in black and white. The lot you say is yours is recorded by Mr. Matt Johnson.
Joe Green: Then this record book don't tell the truth.
Trent Parker: Are you accusing me of being crooked?
Don Quixote 'Ipso-Fact' Martindale: Ah, let me handle this matter, my friend - I am a lawyer. Yes sir, I will get out a writ of habeus corpuscles. I will nully contender that man Johnson.