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War Drums

  • 19571957
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
356
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War Drums (1957)
ActionDramaRomance
The friendship between a white man and an Apache chief is tested when they fall in love with the same woman during a time of frontier conflict.The friendship between a white man and an Apache chief is tested when they fall in love with the same woman during a time of frontier conflict.The friendship between a white man and an Apache chief is tested when they fall in love with the same woman during a time of frontier conflict.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
356
YOUR RATING
    • Reginald Le Borg
    • Gerald Drayson Adams
  • Stars
    • Lex Barker
    • Joan Taylor
    • Ben Johnson
    • Reginald Le Borg
    • Gerald Drayson Adams
  • Stars
    • Lex Barker
    • Joan Taylor
    • Ben Johnson
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    • 11User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Lex Barker and Joan Taylor in War Drums (1957)
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    War Drums (1957)
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    Lex Barker and Joan Taylor in War Drums (1957)

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    Lex Barker
    Lex Barker
    • Mangas Coloradas
    Joan Taylor
    Joan Taylor
    • Riva
    Ben Johnson
    Ben Johnson
    • Luke Fargo
    Larry Chance
    Larry Chance
    • Ponce
    Richard H. Cutting
    Richard H. Cutting
    • Judge Benton
    • (as Richard Cutting)
    John Pickard
    John Pickard
    • Sheriff Bullard
    James Parnell
    • Arizona
    John Colicos
    John Colicos
    • Chino
    Tom Monroe
    Tom Monroe
    • Dutch Herman
    Jil Jarmyn
    Jil Jarmyn
    • Nona
    Jeanne Carmen
    Jeanne Carmen
    • Yellow Moon
    Mauritz Hugo
    Mauritz Hugo
    • Clay Staub
    Ward Ellis
    • Delgadito
    Jack Hupp
    • Lt. Roberts
    Paul Fierro
    Paul Fierro
    • Fiero
    • (uncredited)
    Alex Montoya
    • Manuel
    • (uncredited)
    Boyd 'Red' Morgan
    • Trooper Teal
    • (uncredited)
    Barbara Parry
    • Mary Smith
    • (uncredited)
      • Reginald Le Borg
      • Gerald Drayson Adams
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    • Trivia
      According to July 1956 Hollywood Reporter news items, the set was beset by several accidents, including a fire that destroyed a wardrobe trailer and a lightning storm that destroyed a generator, which delayed production for a few days.
    • Goofs
      In the beginning of the movie, Luke (Ben Johnson's character) makes a reference to "President Lincoln". Later in the movie a newspaper is shown dated Oct. 21, 1860 which was before Lincoln was first elected president on November 6th of that year.
    • Quotes

      Dutch Herman: Get two horses and spreadeagle him.

      Dutch Herman: I'll show this Indian not to come around here lying to white men.

    • Connections
      Featured in L'isola d'acciaio (1958)
    • Soundtracks
      Oh, Sussana
      (uncredited)

      Composed by Stephen Foster (1848)

      Instrumental version played around campfire

    User reviews11

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    5/10
    Average and minor Western in low budget about the historical Indian chief. Mangas Coloradas and his fight against white invaders
    Standard Indian Western dealing with a historical character the Apache leader Red Sleeves or Mangas Coloradas who along with Cochise and Jeronimo fought ferociously against the white men. This concerns Mangas Coloradas , Lex Barker , who takes a Mexican woman , Joan Taylor , from a man who mistreated her . Meanwhile , settlers and mean prospectors break the fragile peace . Mangas Coloradas has a good friend to Fargo : Ben Johnson, who equally falls in love for the Mexican Riva : Joan Taylor, then their friendship is hardly tested. While some settler assaults and Indian raids take place. As Red Sleeves and other Apaches execute uprising against invaders and raid miners, then President Abraham Lincoln transfers troops to Fort Sumter. It is is up to Fargo to avoid a bloody and long war. The deadliest thunder that ever rolled across the west !

    This is a short budget film that eventually sustains some interest for quite a while , regarding the strong fighting between the Apache tribe , Mimbreños, with leader Mangas Coloradas against the USA Cavalry , being unaccurate historically the happenings developed in the movie . As it is a highly fictionalized account of Mangas Coloradas's life , paced in fits and starts. Trio starring : Lex Barker , Joan Taylor , Ben Johnson become involved into a triangular love story , being accompanied by a so-so support cast, such as : Richard Cutting , John Pickard , John Colicos , Larry Chance and brief appearance uncredited by recently deceased Stuart Whitman .

    It contains an atmospheric cinematography by William Margulies , though being really necessary a perfect remastering because of the film copy is worn-out .And thrilling, evocative musical score by Lex Baxter , this composer was regular in Roger Corman films and Samuel Z Arkoff , James H Nicholson's American International Pictures . Being produced in little budget by Howard Koch for United Artists . The motion picture was middlingly directed by Reginald Le Borg . He was a craftsman who directed several films with no much success, such as : The eyes of Annie Jones, The Black Sleep, Sins of Jezabel, The Flanagan Boy , G.I. Jane , The Dalton girls, , Wyoming Mail , Troublemakers , Joe Palooka , Philo Vance , San Diego I love you , Destiny , Jungle woman ,Port Said , Fall Guy , being his big hit : Diary of a Madman with Vincent Price . He went on directing episodes of TV series as Bronco, Maverick, The Alaskans , Sugarfoot , Bourbon Street , Death Valley Days , Wire Service , among others . Rating 4.5/10 .Mediocre , a routine , run-of-the-mill Western with limited interest , only for Western hardcore aficionados .
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      • March 21, 1957 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Johnson Canyon, Kanab, Utah, USA
    • Production companies
      • Bel-Air Productions
      • Schenck-Koch Productions
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    • 1 hour 15 minutes
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