The Topeka Terror (1945)

The Topeka Terror is a western film of 1945 directed by Howard Bretherton The landrush 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