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Thunder Over the Plains
1953, Oct 27
1h 22m
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.
Directed by
André de Toth
Written by
Russell S. Hughes
Elisha Cook Jr.
Joseph Standish
Randolph Scott
Capt. David Porter
Trevor Bardette
Walter Morgan (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Mike Faraday
Henry Hull
Lt. Col. Chandler
Charles McGraw
Ben Westman
Earle Hodgins
Auctioneer (uncredited)
Fess Parker
Kirby
Lex Barker
Captain Bill Hodges
Phyllis Kirk
Norah Porter
Hugh Sanders
H.L. Balfour
James Brown
Conrad
John Cason
Kehoe (uncredited)
Monte Montague
Radford (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
Townsman (uncredited)
Cactus Mack
Husband at Raided Ranch (uncredited)
Bill Coontz
Trooper (uncredited)
George Sowards
Trooper (uncredited)
Carol Henry
Trooper (uncredited)
Kansas Moehring
Trooper (uncredited)
Mark Dana
Lt. Williams
Art Felix
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Charles Horvath
Overseer (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Townsman (uncredited)
George Huggins
Townsman (uncredited)
Lou Marcelle
Narrator (uncredited)
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