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Thunder Over the Plains

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

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Thunder Over the Plains — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • October 27, 1953
  • Runtime
  • 82 min
  • Genres
  • Western
  • Director
  • André de Toth

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Thunder Over the Plains — Cast

Randolph Scott photo Randolph Scott Capt. David Porter Lex Barker photo Lex Barker Capt. Bill Hodges Phyllis Kirk photo Phyllis Kirk Norah Porter Charles McGraw photo Charles McGraw Ben Westman Henry Hull photo Henry Hull Lt. Col. Chandler Elisha Cook Jr. photo Elisha Cook Jr. Joseph Standish Hugh Sanders photo Hugh Sanders H.L. Balfour Lane Chandler photo Lane Chandler Mike Faraday

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