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Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

Western

THUNDER IN HIS HEART...LIGHTNING IN HIS HOLSTERS...

Release Date: 1953, October 27
Directors: André de Toth
Countries: United States of America
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Jack Mower, John McKee, George Ford, Jerry Brown, Walter Bacon, Trevor Bardette, Lane Chandler, Brick Sullivan, Charles Sullivan, Randolph Scott, James Brown, Lou Marcelle

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

19th century texas civil war veteran texan carpetbagger