Drums in the Deep South (1951)

Drums in the Deep South (1951)

„Drums in the Deep South“ is a 1951 Western film directed by William Cameron Menzies. The screenplay by Philip Yordan and Sidney Harmon is based on the 1948 biographical novel of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland „Woman With a Sword“ by Hollister Noble.

A handful of heroes on a powder-keg mountain !
Two old friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Civil War in a desperate battle atop an impregnable mountain.

Cast:

• James Craig – Maj. Clay Clayburn
• Barbara Payton – Kathy Summers
• Guy Madison – Maj. Will Denning
• Barton MacLane – Sgt. Mac McCardle
• Robert Osterloh – Sgt. Harper
• Tom Fadden – Purdy
• Robert Easton – Jerry
• Louis Jean Heydt – Col. House
• Craig Stevens – Col. Braxton Summers
• Taylor Holmes – Albert Monroe
• Lewis Martin – Gen. Johnston
• Peter Brocco – Union Corporal
• Dan White – Cpl. Jennings
• Steve Pendleton – Capt. Travis
• Guy Wilkerson – Confederate Sentry
• Norman Leavitt – Confederate Soldier
• Frank Marlowe – Confederate Soldier
• Tom Monroe – Confederate Soldier
• Mickey Simpson – Jim Burns, Confederate Soldier
• Roy Gordon – Lt. Col. Fitzgerald
• Robert A. O’Neil – Soldier
• Todd Karns – Union Captain
• Myron Healey – Union Lieutenant
• Robert Clarke – Union Officer
• Kenne Duncan – Union Officer
• Ray Walker – Union Officer
• James Griffith – Union Officer Reporting to Denning
• Billy Nelson – Union Sergeant
• Denver Pyle – Union Soldier Breaking Window

„Trommeln im tiefen Süden“  (Drums in the Deep South) ist ein Westernfilm aus dem Jahr 1951 unter der Regie von William Cameron Menzies. Das Drehbuch von Philip Yordan und Sidney Harmon basiert auf dem 1948 erschienenen biografischen Roman von Anna Ella Carroll aus Maryland „Woman With a Sword“ von Hollister Noble.

Zwei alte Freunde finden sich während des Bürgerkriegs in einer verzweifelten Schlacht auf einem uneinnehmbaren Berg auf verschiedenen Seiten wieder.