Thunder Over the Plains

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Randolph Scott

Capt. David Porter

Age : 89 | Popularity : 3%

Lex Barker

Captain Bill Hodges

Age : N/A | Popularity : 66%

Phyllis Kirk

Norah Porter

Age : 79 | Popularity : 5%

Charles McGraw

Ben Westman

Age : N/A | Popularity : 33%

Henry Hull

Lt. Col. Chandler

Age : 86 | Popularity : 8%

Elisha Cook Jr.

Joseph Standish

Age : 91 | Popularity : 12%

Hugh Sanders

H.L. Balfour

Age : 54 | Popularity : 3%

Lane Chandler

Mike Faraday

Age : 73 | Popularity : 8%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	David Weisbart
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Gordon Bau
	Wardrobe Master	Moss Mabry
Camera	Director of Photography	Bert Glennon
Sound	Music	David Buttolph
	Orchestrator	Maurice De Packh
	Sound	Lincoln Lyons
Writing	Writer	Russell S. Hughes
Directing	Director	André de Toth
	Assistant Director	Al Alleborn
Editing	Editor	James Moore
Art	Art Direction	Stanley Fleischer
	Set Decoration	Lyle B. Reifsnider
Department	Role	Name

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