Thunder Over the Plains (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
Randolph Scott
Capt. David Porter
Lex Barker
Capt. Bill Hodges
Phyllis Kirk
Norah Porter
Charles McGraw
Ben Westman
Henry Hull
Lt. Col. Chandler
Elisha Cook Jr.
Joseph Standish
Hugh Sanders
H.L. Balfour
Lane Chandler
Mike Faraday
James Brown
Conrad
Fess Parker
Kirby
Trevor Bardette
Walter Morgan (uncredited)
John Cason
Kehoe (uncredited)
Charles Horvath
Overseer (uncredited)
Cactus Mack
Husband at Raided Ranch (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Auctioneer (uncredited)
Monte Montague
Radford (uncredited)
Kansas Moehring
Trooper (uncredited)
Carol Henry
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