Thunder Over the Plains (1953)

Directed by: André De Toth

Synopsis: Federal Army Captain David Porter (Randolph Scott) finds himself caught between his duty to protect greedy carpetbaggers and his own down on their luck townspeople being taken advantage of by them.

Purr Blur: One of the Robin Hood gang who are helping the poor, Walter Morgan (Trevor Bardette), is sneaking around at night on his way to a clandestine meeting. He jumps at every little sound, including a ginger tabby cat who races behind him with several loud meows. The cat is actually “catapulted” into the scene by hands almost entirely off screen.

Thunder Over the Plains - ginger tabby cat being thrown into scene behind Walter Morgan Trevor Bardette
Thunder Over the Plains - ginger tabby cat running behind Walter Morgan Trevor Bardette
Thunder Over the Plains - ginger tabby cat running behind Walter Morgan Trevor Bardette

We don’t have confirmation but this could very easily be yet another screen appearance by one of the Orangey team.

Thunder Over the Plains - ginger tabby cat running behind Walter Morgan Trevor Bardette animated gif

Final Mewsings: Cats don’t sneak to secret meetings, they run!

Many thanks to Aaron Shuster for letting us know about the cat in this film!

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