Topeka (1953)

Bill Elliot emulates his idol William S Hart in the superior western Topeka Elliot plays the archetypal Good Bad Man hired to kick the crooked element out of a small town A harddrinking hardliving man Elliot entertains thoughts of taking over the town himself for the benefit of his own gang After several reels of soulsearching Elliot decides to honor his promise to clean up the town for its decent citizens Evidently director Thomas Carr rented a camera crane for this Allied Artists production since the camera performs remarkable calisthenics the kind not normally seen in a mediumbudget western