Thunder Over the Plains
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Director Andre de Toth Duration Country United States | 6.4/10 IMDb Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date October 27, 1953 (1953-10-27) Cast (Capt. David Porter), (Captain Bill Hodges), (Norah Porter), (Ben Westman), (Lt. Col. Chandler), Elisha Cook Jr. (Joseph Standish)Similar movies Lone Wolf McQuade , No Country for Old Men , Lone Star , Bonnie and Clyde , Hot Pursuit , The Sugarland Express Tagline THUNDER IN HIS HEART...LIGHTNING IN HIS HOLSTERS... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thunder Over The Plains is a 1953 western film directed by Andre DeToth and starring Randolph Scott. The tag line on the original movie poster was “A tornado of adventure from Warner Bros.” The supporting cast features Lex Barker, Phyllis Kirk, Henry Hull, Elisha Cook, Jr. and Fess Parker. This was Barker's first film after starring in five Tarzan pictures.
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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 (Randolph Scott), a Texan, has to carry out orders against his own people. He brings in the rebel leader Ben Westman, (Charles McGraw), 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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