Thunder Over the Plains

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

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

(Capt. David Porter)

Lex Barker

(Captain 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)

Mark Dana

(Lt. Williams)

Trevor Bardette

(Walter Morgan (uncredited))

John Cason

(Kehoe (uncredited))

Art Felix

(Wagon Driver (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

(Trooper (uncredited))

Bill Coontz

(Trooper (uncredited))

George Sowards

(Trooper (uncredited))

Ethan Laidlaw

(Townsman (uncredited))

Brick Sullivan

(Townsman (uncredited))

George Huggins

(Townsman (uncredited))

Lou Marcelle

(Narrator (uncredited))