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While negotiating a peace treaty with North California Indians, a presidential emissary has to fight off a renegade.
Screenplay, Story. 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.
Feb 12, 2019 · Johnny MacKay (Alan Ladd) is a former Indian fighter who tries to negotiate peace with the Modoc tribe in Colorado Territory. He faces the challenge of Captain Jack (Charles Bronson), a proud and defiant Modoc leader who resists the U.S. government's demands.
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Drum Beat - Full Cast & Crew. Set during the 1869 Modoc Indian uprising along the California-Oregon border, a veteran Indian scout with a close relationship with the tribe is sent to...
- Delmer Daves
After Modoc renegade Captain Jack engages in ambush and other atrocities, MacKay must fight him one-on-one with guns, knives and fists. President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon.
Drum Beat is a 1954 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. Filmed in Sedona, Arizona, the story ...
