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A Thunder of Drums (1961)

A Thunder of Drums poster
Directed by
Joseph M. Newman
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A cavalry captain, bitter from past failures, takes charge of a remote fort plagued by Apache attacks. A young inexperienced lieutenant arrives, and they clash over discipline and duty as tensions mount.

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What happens

A Thunder of Drums is a 1961 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Joseph Newman and starring Richard Boone, George Hamilton, Luana Patten and Arthur O'Connell. The screenwriter James Warner Bellah adapted it from his 1946 short story "Command". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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