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Drums Across the River

Drums Across the River
Film posterbyReynold Brown
Directed by	Nathan Juran
Screenplay by	John K. Butler Lawrence Roman
Story by	John K. Butler
Produced by	Melville Tucker
Starring	Audie Murphy Walter Brennan Lyle Bettger
Cinematography	Harold Lipstein
Edited by	Virgil W. Vogel
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	June 1954 (1954-06)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.1 million[1]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Production[edit]

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[edit]

External links[edit]

• Drums Across the RiveratIMDb
• Drums Across the RiveratAllMovie
• Drums Across the River at the TCM Movie Database
• Drums Across the River at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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