The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1966 · Western
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Film / 1953
Thunder Over the Plains
Directed by
André de Toth
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, …
The story
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 ScottCapt. David Porter
Lex BarkerCapt. Bill Hodges
Phyllis KirkNorah Porter
Charles McGrawBen Westman
Henry HullLt. Col. Chandler
Elisha Cook Jr.Joseph Standish
Hugh SandersH.L. Balfour
Lane ChandlerMike Faraday
James BrownConrad
Fess ParkerKirby
Mark DanaLt. Williams
Trevor BardetteWalter Morgan (uncredited)
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John CasonKehoe (uncredited)
Art FelixWagon Driver (uncredited)
Charles HorvathOverseer (uncredited)
Cactus MackHusband at Raided Ranch (uncredited)
Earle HodginsAuctioneer (uncredited)
Monte MontagueRadford (uncredited)
Kansas MoehringTrooper (uncredited)
Carol HenryTrooper (uncredited)
Bill CoontzTrooper (uncredited)
George SowardsTrooper (uncredited)
Ethan LaidlawTownsman (uncredited)
Brick SullivanTownsman (uncredited)
George HugginsTownsman (uncredited)
Lou MarcelleNarrator (uncredited)
Carl AndreHodges' Sergeant (uncredited)
Walter BaconTexan (uncredited)
John BoseTrooper (uncredited)
Jerry BrownTrooper (uncredited)
Buck BuckoTexan (uncredited)
Steve DarrellMcAvoy (uncredited)
Bob FolkersonTrooper (uncredited)
George FordGuard (uncredited)
Slim GautFarmer (uncredited)
Gayle KelloggSoldier (uncredited)
Richard LightnerSgt. Shaw (uncredited)
Frank MattsHenchman (uncredited)
John McKeeTexan (uncredited)
Jack MontgomeryTownsman (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' MorganTexan (uncredited)
Jack MowerTownsman (uncredited)
Gail RobinsonSergeant (uncredited)
Danny SandsTrooper (uncredited)
Ray SpikerTexan (uncredited)
Charles SullivanTownsman (uncredited)
Glen WaltersWife at Raided Ranch (uncredited)
Jack WoodyRichard Henley (uncredited)
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