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Distant Drums: Directed by Raoul Walsh. With Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon, Richard Webb, Ray Teal. After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dangerous Everglades and hostile Indians in order to reach safety.
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- Raoul Walsh
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
Distant Drums. Distant Drums is a 1951 American Florida Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Gary Cooper. It is set during the Second Seminole War in the 1840s, with Cooper playing an Army captain who successfully destroys a fort held by Spanish gunrunners and is pursued into the Everglades by a large group of Seminoles. The fort ...
- $2.85 million (US rentals)
- Max Steiner
- Milton Sperling
In 1840, seven years after the beginning of the Seminole Indian war in Florida, U.S. Army General Zachary Taylor sends for naval officer Lieutenant Richard Tufts to undertake a special mission to defeat the Indians. Upon his arrival in Florida, Tufts meets his scout, Monk, who guides him through the alligator-ridden swamp to the island home of ...
- Raoul Walsh, Russ Saunders
- Gary Cooper
Distant Drums 1951 1h 41m Western List Reviews 42% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score A captain (Gary Cooper) and an Army company fight gunrunners and Seminoles in the Everglades.
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- Raoul Walsh
- Western
- Gary Cooper
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