Drum Beat
Western
Only the fierce Modocs knew the terrible meaning of each beat of the Drum !
President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modoc renegade Captain Jack engages in ambush and other atrocities, MacKay must fight him one-on-one with guns, knives and fists.
1954-11-10
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Cast
Director
Delmer Daves
Alan Ladd as Johnny MacKay
Audrey Dalton as Nancy Meek
Marisa Pavan as Toby
Robert Keith as Bill Satterwhite
Rodolfo Acosta as Scarface Charlie
Charles Bronson as Kintpuash
Warner Anderson as Gen. Canby
Elisha Cook Jr. as Blaine Crackel
Anthony Caruso as Manok
Richard Gaines as Dr. Thomas
Hayden Rorke as President Ulysses S. Grant
Frank De Kova as Modoc Jim
Perry Lopez as Bogus Charlie
Isabel Jewell as Lily White
Peggy Converse as Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant
Frank Ferguson as Mr. Dyar
George J. Lewis as Capt. Alonzo Clark
Peter Hansen as Lt. Goodsall
Willis Bouchey as Gen. Gilliam
Strother Martin as Scotty
Edgar Stehli as Jesse Grant
Richard H. Cutting as Col. Meek
Paul Wexler as William Boddy
Denver Pyle as Fairchild (uncredited)
Rico Alaniz
Rayford Barnes
Oliver Blake as Minister (uncredited)
Nora Bush as Granny (uncredited)
Frank Gerstle as Grant's Officer (uncredited)
James Griffith as Veteran One-Legged Soldier at White House Gate (uncredited)
Richard Hale
Maurice Jara
Kenner G. Kemp
George Lloyd
Victor Millan
Carol Nugent
Leonard Penn
Arthur Space
Norman Willis