Thunder Over the Plains

1953

82 min

5.4

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Western

Director

André de Toth

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Randolph Scott

Lex Barker

Phyllis Kirk

Charles McGraw

Henry Hull

Elisha Cook Jr.

Hugh Sanders

Lane Chandler

James Brown

Fess Parker

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Thunder Over the Plains

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.

  • Randolph Scott

  • Lex Barker

  • Phyllis Kirk

  • Charles McGraw

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