Thunder Over the Plains
“THUNDER IN HIS HEART...LIGHTNING IN HIS HOLSTERS...”
1953•NR•1h 22m•5.6•Released
Western
Set in 1869, after the Civil War, Texas had not yet been readmitted to the Union and carpetbaggers, hiding behind the legal protection of the Union Army of occupation, had taken over the state. Federal Captain Porter, a Texan, has to carry out orders against his own people. He brings in the rebel leader Ben Westman whom he knows is innocent of a murder that he is accused of. In trying to prove his innocence, Porter himself becomes a wanted man.
Director
André de Toth
Writer
Russell S. Hughes
Languages
English
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Randolph Scott
Capt. David Porter
Lex Barker
Capt. Bill Hodges
Phyllis Kirk
Norah Porter
Charles McGraw
Ben Westman
Henry Hull
Lt. Col. Chandler
Elisha Cook Jr.
Joseph Standish
Hugh Sanders
H.L. Balfour
Lane Chandler
Mike Faraday
James Brown
Conrad
Fess Parker
Kirby
Mark Dana
Lt. Williams
Trevor Bardette
Walter Morgan (uncredited)
John Cason
Kehoe (uncredited)
Art Felix
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Charles Horvath
Overseer (uncredited)
Production
Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer
David Weisbart
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