30 Apr 1954
River of No Return
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.
Thunder Over the Plains
THUNDER IN HIS HEART...LIGHTNING IN HIS HOLSTERS...
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.
Top Billed 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
Hugh Sanders H.L. Balfour
Lane Chandler Mike Faraday
James Brown Conrad
Fess Parker Kirby
Mark Dana Lt. Williams
Trevor Bardette Walter Morgan (uncredited)
John Cason Kehoe (uncredited)
Art Felix Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Charles Horvath Overseer (uncredited)
Cactus Mack Husband at Raided Ranch (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins Auctioneer (uncredited)
Monte Montague Radford (uncredited)
Kansas Moehring Trooper (uncredited)
Carol Henry Trooper (uncredited)
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