Thunder Over the Plains

5.4
  • Genre: Western
  • Run time: 82 min
  • Premiere: 1953. October 27.

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.

Discover

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

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)

Art

Stanley Fleischer

Art Direction

Lyle B. Reifsnider

Set Decoration

Camera

Bert Glennon

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Moss Mabry

Wardrobe Master

Gordon Bau

Makeup Artist

Directing

André de Toth

Director

Al Alleborn

Assistant Director

Editing

James Moore

Editor

Production

David Weisbart

Producer

Sound

Maurice De Packh

Orchestrator

David Buttolph

Original Music Composer

Writing

Art

Stanley Fleischer

Art Direction

Lyle B. Reifsnider

Set Decoration

Camera

Bert Glennon

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Moss Mabry

Wardrobe Master

Gordon Bau

Makeup Artist

Directing

André de Toth

Director

Al Alleborn

Assistant Director

Editing

James Moore

Editor

Production

David Weisbart

Producer

Sound

Maurice De Packh

Orchestrator

David Buttolph

Original Music Composer

Writing