Western · United States of America · 1953 · 1h 22m

Thunder Over the Plains

Director

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

Crew

Bert Glennon — Director of Photography James Moore — Editor David Buttolph — Original Music Composer Russell S. Hughes — Writer David Weisbart — Producer

Tagline

THUNDER IN HIS HEART...LIGHTNING IN HIS HOLSTERS...

Synopsis

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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