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Thunder Over the Plains

54% | Oct 27, 1953 | Western

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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André de Toth
Director
Russell S. Hughes
Writer

Cast

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Randolph Scott
Capt. David Porter
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Lex Barker
Captain Bill Hodges
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Phyllis Kirk
Norah Porter
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Charles McGraw
Ben Westman
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Henry Hull
Lt. Col. Chandler

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