Randolph Scott
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Thunder Over The Plains is a 1953 American Western film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Randolph Scott with Lex Barker, Phyllis Kirk, Henry Hull, Elisha Cook, Jr. and Fess Parker. It was Barker's first film after starring in five Tarzan pictures.
Thunder Over the Plains: Directed by André De Toth. With Randolph Scott, Lex Barker, Phyllis Kirk, Charles McGraw. In Post-Bellum Texas, an army captain tries to keep the peace between overtaxed, impoverished farmers and greedy carpetbaggers.
Thunder Over the Plains (1953) sends Scott's Union Captain on a peacekeeping mission to Texas, where he finds dishonest carpetbaggers Elisha Cook Jr. and Hugh Sanders taking advantage of hard times after the Confederate defeat.
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When Confederate veteren Ben (Charles McGraw) is unjustly sentenced to death, Porter decides he has had enough of his new bosses. It's the late 1860s, and the U.S. government has yet to reclaim ...
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In Post-Bellum Texas, an army captain tries to keep the peace between overtaxed, impoverished farmers and greedy carpetbaggers. It's 1869, Texas has not yet been readmitted to the Union, and carpetbaggers have taken over the state.
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.
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Movie. 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...
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Randolph Scott is as strong and silent as ever in Thunder Over the Plains. The scene is Texas, in the years just following the Civil War. Carpetbaggers have taken hold of the Texas government and imposed a near-dictatorship, hiding behind the legal protection of the Union Army of Occupation.
