Thunder Over the Plains

Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

THUNDER IN HIS HEART...LIGHTNING IN HIS HOLSTERS...

  • Genre: Western
  • Release Date: 1953-10-27
  • User Rating: 5.4/10 from 15 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 22min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: André de Toth
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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.

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  • 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)
Directing André de Toth Director
Writing Russell S. Hughes Writer
Sound Lincoln Lyons Sound
Art Stanley Fleischer Art Direction
Camera Bert Glennon Director of Photography
Editing James Moore Editor
Costume & Make-Up Moss Mabry Wardrobe Master
Sound Maurice De Packh Orchestrator
Art Lyle B. Reifsnider Set Decoration
Directing Al Alleborn Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up Gordon Bau Makeup Artist
Sound David Buttolph Original Music Composer
Production David Weisbart Producer