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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".
- $1 million
- Harry Sukman
- Robert J. Enders Productions
A 1961 film about a veteran captain and a rookie lieutenant at a cavalry outpost in the Southwest. The film features a love triangle, a murder mystery, and a final battle with the Apaches.
- 3 min
- 22
1h 37m 1961. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A green Cavalry lieutenant learns the ropes fast when he's shipped out West. Cast & Crew. Read More. Joseph M. Newman. Director. Richard Boone. Capt. Stephen Maddocks. George Hamilton. Lieut. Curtis McQuade. Luana Patten.
- Joseph M. Newman, Hal Polaire
- Richard Boone
A Thunder of Drums is a 1961 western film starring George Hamilton, Richard Boone and Luana Patten. It follows the conflict and romance of two cavalry officers and a local girl in a desert outpost threatened by Apaches.
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- Richard Boone
- Joseph M. Newman
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Summaries. The trials and tribulations of bitter veteran Captain Maddocks and argumentative rookie Lieutenant McQuade at a cavalry desert outpost. Captain Maddocks will never be promoted beyond Captain because of a mistake that he made in the past. Lt. McQuade is a green rookie who is now under the command of the tough Captain and he does not ...
A movie about a captain and a lieutenant who face renegade Indians and a woman who can't be forgotten. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, and read the reviews on The Movie Database.
A Thunder of Drums. WESTERN. 1870s. On an isolated army outpost in Arizona, a conflict simmers between the battle-scarred commander and his rookie lieutenant, a recent graduate from the West Point military academy. The conflict erupts into hostility when the lieutenant becomes romantically involved with the commander's former fiancée.
