Thunder Over the Plains

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.

5.4

82 min

Cast

Randolph Scott

as Capt. David Porter

Lex Barker

as Capt. 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)

Carl Andre

as Hodges' Sergeant (uncredited)

Walter Bacon

as Texan (uncredited)

John Bose

as Trooper (uncredited)

Jerry Brown

as Trooper (uncredited)

Buck Bucko

as Texan (uncredited)

Steve Darrell

as McAvoy (uncredited)

Bob Folkerson

as Trooper (uncredited)

George Ford

as Guard (uncredited)

Slim Gaut

as Farmer (uncredited)

Gayle Kellogg

as Soldier (uncredited)

Richard Lightner

as Sgt. Shaw (uncredited)

Frank Matts

as Henchman (uncredited)

John McKee

as Texan (uncredited)

Jack Montgomery

as Townsman (uncredited)

Boyd 'Red' Morgan

as Texan (uncredited)

Jack Mower

as Townsman (uncredited)

Gail Robinson

as Sergeant (uncredited)

Danny Sands

as Trooper (uncredited)

Ray Spiker

as Texan (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

as Townsman (uncredited)

Glen Walters

as Wife at Raided Ranch (uncredited)

Jack Woody

as Richard Henley (uncredited)

Director

André de Toth