War Drums is a 1957 American Western film directed by Reginald Le Borg, written by Gerald Drayson Adams, and starring Lex Barker, Joan Taylor, Ben Johnson, Larry Chance, Richard H. Cutting and John Pickard. The film was produced by Aubrey Schenck and Howard W. Koch for United Artists and it was released on March 21, 1957.[1][2]

War Drums
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Reginald Le Borg
Screenplay by	Gerald Drayson Adams
Produced by	Howard W. Koch
Starring	Lex Barker Joan Taylor Ben Johnson Larry Chance Richard H. Cutting John Pickard
Cinematography	William Margulies
Edited by	John A. Bushelman
Music by	Les Baxter
Production companies	Schenck-Koch Productions Bel-Air Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	March 21, 1957 (1957-03-21)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Prior to the American Civil War, a group of Apache led by their chief Mangas Coloradas track some of their stolen horses to a group of Mexicans. The Apaches kill the lot of them and take their communal woman Riva, initially to sell North of the Border, but Mangas desires her for his wife. Meanwhile a group of American gold seekers enter the Apache land and set off a war.

Cast

• Lex Barker as Mangas Coloradas
• Joan Taylor as Riva
• Ben Johnson as Luke Fargo
• Larry Chance as Ponce
• Richard H. Cutting as Judge Benton
• John Pickard as Sheriff Bullard
• James Parnell as Arizona
• John Colicos as Chino
• Tom Monroe as Dutch Herman
• Jil Jarmyn as Nona
• Jeanne Carmen as Yellow Moon
• Mauritz Hugo as Clay Staub
• Ward Ellis as Delgadito
• Jack Hupp as Lt. Roberts

Production

Parts of the film were shot in Kanab Canyon and Johnson Canyon in Utah.[3]

References

External links

• War Drums at IMDb
• War Drums at the TCM Movie Database

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