Drum Beat

Drum Beat (1954)

Only the fierce Modocs knew the terrible meaning of each beat of the Drum !

President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modoc renegade Captain Jack engages in ambush and other atrocities, MacKay must fight him one-on-one with guns, knives and fists.

Date of release
1954-11-10
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (35)
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Western
Director
Delmer Daves

Casting

Interesting facts

Drum Beat is a 1954 American CinemaScope Western film in WarnerColor written and directed by Delmer Daves and co-produced by Daves and Alan Ladd in his first film for his Jaguar Productions company. Ladd stars along with Audrey Dalton, Charles Bronson as Captain Jack, and Hayden Rorke as President Ulysses S. Grant.

Production

The film was announced in April 1954. It was the first production from Ladd's own company, Jaguar, which released through Warner Bros. Pictures. He made it after a spell of almost two years making films outside the USA.

Delmer Daves wrote the script based on his family's first hand knowledge of the Modoc Indians on the California-Oregon border in the 1870s.

The movie was filmed in the vicinity of Sedona, Arizona.

Marisa Pavan and Audrey Dalton were signed to three picture contracts with Jaguar. Dalton was borrowed from Paramount.

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