The Drum (1938)

Directed by

Zoltan Korda

Genre

adventure film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

12

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a British adventure film set on the northwest frontier of India. A young prince must navigate tribal warfare and British colonial rule.

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What happens

The Drum (released in the U.S. as Drums) is a 1938 British Technicolor film based on the 1937 novel The Drum by A. E. W. Mason. The film was directed by Zoltan Korda and produced by Alexander Korda. It stars Sabu, Raymond Massey, Valerie Hobson, Roger Livesey and David Tree. Korda’s company London Films made three films in the 1930s about the British Empire: Sanders of the River (1936), The Drum and The Four Feathers (1939). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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