Thunder Over the Plains

Thunder Over the Plains

Release Date: 1953-10-27

Overview: 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.

Rating: 5.4 / 10

Cast

Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott

as Capt. David Porter

Lex Barker

Lex Barker

as Capt. Bill Hodges

Phyllis Kirk

Phyllis Kirk

as Norah Porter

Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

as Ben Westman

Henry Hull

Henry Hull

as Lt. Col. Chandler

Crew

  • AndrĂ© de Toth - Director

  • Russell S. Hughes - Writer

  • Lincoln Lyons - Sound

  • Stanley Fleischer - Art Direction

  • Bert Glennon - Director of Photography

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