The Topeka Terror

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.

• Howard BrethertonDirector
• Patricia HarperScreenplay
• Norman S. HallScreenplay

• Allan LaneChad Stevens
• Linda StirlingJune Hardy
• Earle HodginsDon Quixote 'Ipso-Facto' Martindale
• Twinkle WattsMidge Hardy
• Roy BarcroftBen Jode
• Bud GearyHenchman Clyde Flint