THUNDER OVER TEXAS (1934) Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Marion Shilling & Helen Westcott | Western | B&W

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.

SYNOPSIS
A cowboy tries to protect a young woman whose father was murdered because he had railroad maps that showed the location of a proposed new line. Now the killers are after her because they think she has the maps.

The film opens with an apparent bank robbery terminated when the driver of the alleged getaway car is fatally shot by a sniper. Inside the car is the late driver's daughter, Tiny Norton who is adopted by rancher Ted Wright and his Three Stooges type ranch hands, Tom, Dick and Harry, the "Three Radio Nuts" who spend their time impersonating radio stars.

CAST & CREW
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams as Ted Wright
Marion Shilling as Helen Mason
Helen Westcott as Betty "Tiny" Norton
Philo McCullough as Sheriff Tom Collier
Victor Potel as Dick
Ben Corbett as Tom
Tiny Skelton as Harry
Claude Payton as Bruce Laird
Robert McKenzie as Judge Blake
Dick Botiller as Gonzalez

Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
Written by Shirley Ulmer (story), Eddie Granemann (screenplay)
Produced by Arthur Alexander, Max Alexander
Cinematography Harry Forbes
Edited by George M. Merrick
Production company M & A Alexander Productions Inc.
Distributed by Beacon Pictures
Release date October 1934
Running time 61 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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