Thunder Over the Plains 1953

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.

Cast:

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