Plains (1953) — Thunder Over The

: This was Barker's first film after leaving the Tarzan franchise.

as Capt. Bill Hodges (an ambitious and antagonistic officer) Phyllis Kirk as Norah Porter (Porter's wife) Charles McGraw as Ben Westman Henry Hull as Lt. Col. Chandler Elisha Cook, Jr. as Joseph Standish Production and Critical Reception Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

: Ben Westman (Charles McGraw) leads a "Robin Hood" style gang that raids cotton auctions and burns property bought at unfairly low prices by the carpetbaggers. : This was Barker's first film after leaving

The story follows (Randolph Scott), a Texan serving in the U.S. Army of Occupation. He is caught in a moral conflict between his duty to uphold the law and his sympathy for fellow Texans who are being exploited by corrupt "carpetbaggers" from the North. Thunder Over the Plains (1953)