Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

Thunder Over the Plains
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  • Genre: Western
  • Running time: 82 min
  • Premiere: 27th of October 1953

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.

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Cast

Randolph Scott
as Capt. David Porter
Lex Barker
as Capt. Bill Hodges
Phyllis Kirk
as Norah Porter
Charles McGraw
as Ben Westman
Henry Hull
as Lt. Col. Chandler
Elisha Cook Jr.
as Joseph Standish
Hugh Sanders
as H.L. Balfour
Lane Chandler
as Mike Faraday
Trevor Bardette
as Walter Morgan (uncredited)
John Cason
as Kehoe (uncredited)
Cactus Mack
as Husband at Raided Ranch (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
as Auctioneer (uncredited)
Monte Montague
as Radford (uncredited)
Kansas Moehring
as Trooper (uncredited)
Carol Henry
as Trooper (uncredited)
Bill Coontz
as Trooper (uncredited)
George Sowards
as Trooper (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
as Townsman (uncredited)
Steve Darrell
as McAvoy (uncredited)
John McKee
as Texan (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
as Texan (uncredited)
Jack Mower
as Townsman (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
as Texan (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan
as Townsman (uncredited)

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