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.

• Republic Pictures
• Allan Lane
• Linda Stirling
• Earle Hodgins
• Twinkle Watts
• Roy Barcroft
• Bud Geary