A Thunder of Drums

A Thunder of Drums

Directed by	Joseph M. Newman
Produced by	Stanley Bass Robert Enders
Written by	James Warner Bellah
Starring	Richard Boone George Hamilton Luana Patten Arthur O'Connell Charles Bronson Richard Chamberlain Duane Eddy Slim Pickens
Music by	Harry Sukman
Cinematography	William W. Spencer
Editing by	Ferris Webster
Studio	Robert J. Enders Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date(s)	September 26, 1961 (1961-09-26)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Thunder of Drums is a 1961 Western directed by Joseph M. Newman, starring Richard Boone, George Hamilton and Luana Patten.

Plot

1st Lieutenant Curtis McQuade (Hamilton), a cavalry officer without field experience, is assigned to a remote, understaffed post where he attempts to adjust to this new life under the once-disgraced Captain Maddocks (Boone).

Notable cast members

The movie is notable for starring three well-known actors in relatively minor roles. Charles Bronson of Death Wish fame and rock musician Duane Eddy star as troopers, while Richard Chamberlain portrays Lieutenant Porter. Slim Pickens and Arthur O'Connell also had roles.

External links

A Thunder of Drums at the Internet Movie Database
A Thunder of Drums at the TCM Movie Database
A Thunder of Drums at AllRovi

American Film Institute (1997). "A Thunder of Drums". The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States. 1, pt. 2. University of California Press. p. 1106. ISBN 0-520-20970-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=s1k1RsGvFwwC&pg=PA1106. Retrieved September 24, 2009.

Blum, Daniel (1962). Screen World 1962. Biblio and Tannen. p. 80. ISBN 0-8196-0303-1. http://books.google.com/?id=ukFl5C_3npMC&pg=PA80. Retrieved September 24, 2009.

Nielsen Business Media, Inc (April 24 1961). "Dicourse". Billboard: 39. http://books.google.com/?id=ACEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA5. Retrieved September 24, 2009.

Hamilton, George; Stadiem, William (2008). Don't Mind If I Do. Simon and Schuster. p. 163. ISBN 1-4165-4507-7. http://books.google.com/?id=qE-Ox16vR6kC&pg=PT163. Retrieved September 24, 2009.

Lisanti, Tom (2003). Drive-in dream girls: a galaxy of B-movie starlets of the sixties. McFarland. p. 194. ISBN 0-7864-1575-4. http://books.google.com/?id=hwFbcgV_LDgC&pg=PA194. Retrieved September 24, 2009.

Nielsen Business Media, Inc (May 8 1961). "Talent Topics: Hollywood". Billboard: 5. http://books.google.com/?id=ACEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA5. Retrieved September 24, 2009.

Weiler, A.H. (September 27, 1961). "A Thunder of Drums Comes to Capitol". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F06E0D7123BE13ABC4F51DFBF66838A679EDE. Retrieved September 24, 2009.