Drums Across the River
1954 film by Nathan H. Juran
- June 1954 (1954-06)
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Drums Across the River is a 1954 American Technicolor Western film directed by Nathan Juran and starring Audie Murphy, Walter Brennan and Lyle Bettger.[2]
Plot
Gary Brannon, is a peaceful homesteader living a quiet existence with his father Sam. Frank Walker is hoping to open up the Ute Indian territory for gold-mining purposes and tries to foment a war between the Utes and the local whites, while he steals a gold shipment and pins the blame on Gary. Gary starts off hating the Utes because they were responsible for killing his mother but gradually comes to be on their side and wants to expose the machinations of Walker.
Cast
- Audie Murphy as Gary Brannon
- Walter Brennan as Sam Brannon
- Lyle Bettger as Frank Walker
- Lisa Gaye as Jennie Marlowe
- Hugh O'Brian as Morgan
- Mara Corday as Sue Randolph
- Jay Silverheels as Taos
- Emile Meyer as Nathan Marlowe
- Regis Toomey as Sheriff Jim Beal
- Morris Ankrum as Chief Ouray
- Bob Steele as Billy Costa
- James K Anderson as Jed Walker
- George Wallace as Les Walker
- Lane Bradford as Ralph Costa
- Howard McNear as Stilwell
Production
The film was shot mostly on the Universal backlot, with location filming at Barton Flats, California. This was Murphy's last film with Nathan Juran.[3]
References
External links
- Drums Across the River at IMDb
- Drums Across the River at AllMovie
- Drums Across the River at the TCM Movie Database
- Drums Across the River at the American Film Institute Catalog
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Films directed by Nathan Juran
- The Black Castle (1952)
- Gunsmoke (1953)
- Law and Order (1953)
- The Golden Blade (1953)
- Tumbleweed (1953)
- Highway Dragnet (1954)
- Drums Across the River (1954)
- The Crooked Web (1955)
- Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
- The Deadly Mantis (1957)
- 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
- The Brain from Planet Arous (1957)
- Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- Good Day for a Hanging (1959)
- Flight of the Lost Balloon (1961)
- Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
- Siege of the Saxons (1963)
- First Men in the Moon (1964)
- East of Sudan (1964)
- Land Raiders (1970)
- The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (1973)
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