Thunder Over the Plains
THUNDER IN HIS HEART...LIGHTNING IN HIS HOLSTERS...
1953-10-27 | 82 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Randolph ScottCapt. David Porter
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Lex BarkerCaptain Bill Hodges
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Phyllis KirkNorah Porter
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Charles McGrawBen Westman
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Henry HullLt. Col. Chandler
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Elisha Cook Jr.Joseph Standish
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Hugh SandersH.L. Balfour
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Lane ChandlerMike Faraday
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James BrownConrad
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Fess ParkerKirby
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Trevor BardetteWalter Morgan (uncredited)
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John CasonKehoe (uncredited)
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Cactus MackHusband at Raided Ranch (uncredited)
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Earle HodginsAuctioneer (uncredited)
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Monte MontagueRadford (uncredited)
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Kansas MoehringTrooper (uncredited)
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Carol HenryTrooper (uncredited)
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