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Thunder Over Texas (1934)

Thunder Over Texas poster
Directed by
Edgar G. Ulmer
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 01m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A cowboy defends the local townspeople against a gang of criminals. The hero must clear his name and win the trust of the community.

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What happens

Thunder Over Texas is a 1934 American populist contemporary Western film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer under the alias Joen Warner (the name of Ulmer's previous wife) and produced by two nephews of Universal Pictures head Carl Laemmle, Arthur and Max Alexander's Poverty Row Beacon Productions. The film's story was written by Shirley Ulmer under the name of Sherle Castle. Shirley was then married to Max Alexander but would soon leave Max to marry Edgar with the result that Lammele blacklisted Ulmer from Hollywood. The film was shot in Kernville, California. Thunder Over Texas was the first of several Westerns produced by the Alexanders starring Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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