Thunder Over the Plains

5.4

82 minutes

10/27/1953

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.

Cast List

Randolph Scott
as Capt. David Porter
Lex Barker
as Captain 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
James Brown
as Conrad
Fess Parker
as Kirby
Mark Dana
as Lt. Williams
Trevor Bardette
as Walter Morgan (uncredited)
John Cason
as Kehoe (uncredited)
Art Felix
as Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Charles Horvath
as Overseer (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)
Brick Sullivan
as Townsman (uncredited)
George Huggins
as Townsman (uncredited)
Lou Marcelle
as Narrator (uncredited)