The Topeka Terror
Saga of the Untamed West!
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.
- Year: 1945
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Western, Action, Adventure
- Studio: Republic Pictures
- Keyword: settler, claim
- Director: Howard Bretherton
- Cast: Allan Lane, Linda Stirling, Earle Hodgins, Twinkle Watts, Roy Barcroft, Bud Geary
