Thunder Over the Plains

Thunder Over the Plains
Directed by	Andre DeToth
Written by	Russell S. Hughes
Produced by	David Weisbart
Starring	Randolph Scott Lex Barker Phyllis Kirk Henry Hull
Cinematography	Bert Glennon
Edited by	James Moore
Music by	David Buttolph
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	October 27, 1953 (1953-10-27)
Running time	82 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English

Thunder Over The Plains is a 1953 western film directed by Andre DeToth and starring Randolph Scott with Lex Barker, Phyllis Kirk, Henry Hull, Elisha Cook, Jr. and Fess Parker. The tag line on the original film poster was “A tornado of adventure from Warner Bros.” Thunder Over The Plains was Barker's first film after starring in five Tarzan pictures.

Plot

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, are levying high taxes through occupying local government positions and using the locals' financial distress to acquire assets at well below normal value. Federal Captain Porter (Randolph Scott), a Texan, has to enforce the letter of the law against the violent opposition of his own people. Porter also needs to contend with a strident fellow officer, Captain Bill Hodges. Porter arrests the rebel leader Ben Westman (Charles McGraw) on what he knows is a false murder charge. In trying to prove Westman's innocence, Porter himself becomes a wanted man.

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

External links

• Thunder Over the Plains at IMDb