War Drums (1957)
War Drums manages to be pro-Indian, pro-Mexican, pro-tolerance and pro-feminist without ever resorting to speechmaking or sacrificing its entertainment value. Former Tarzan Lex Barker stars as an Apache chief who is almost ostracized by his tribe when he marries Mexican girl Joan Taylor. Eventually, Barker is welcomed back, but Joan refuses to behave like a typical dutiful squaw. In deference to his wife's wishes, Barker trains Joan to become an Apache warrior! It is curious that the Political Correctness crowd has never paid homage to War Drums; perhaps it's because of the film's surfeit of decidedly non-PC violence and bloodshed. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lex Barker, Joan Taylor, (more)
- Director(s):
- Reginald Le Borg
Synopsis of War Drums
War Drums manages to be pro-Indian, pro-Mexican, pro-tolerance and pro-feminist without ever resorting to speechmaking or sacrificing its entertainment value. Former Tarzan Lex Barker stars as an Apache chief who is almost ostracized by his tribe when he marries Mexican girl Joan Taylor. Eventually, Barker is welcomed back, but Joan refuses to behave like a typical dutiful squaw. In deference to his wife's wishes, Barker trains Joan to become an Apache warrior! It is curious that the Political Correctness crowd has never paid homage to War Drums; perhaps it's because of the film's surfeit of decidedly non-PC violence and bloodshed. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of War Drums
- Lex Barker - Mangas Coloradas
- Ben Johnson - Luke Fargo
- Richard H. Cutting - Judge Bolton
- John M. Pickard - Sheriff Bullard
- Tom Monroe - Dutch Herman
- Jeanne Carmen - Yellow Moon
- Ward Ellis - Delgadito
- Paul Fierro - Fiero
- Stuart Whitman - Johnny Smith
- Hank Worden
- Joan Taylor - Riva
- Larry Chance - Ponce
- James Parnell - Arizona
- John Colicos - Chino
- Jill Jarmyn - Nona
- Mauritz Hugo - Clay Staub
- Fred E. Sherman - Dr. Gordon
- Alex Montoya - Manuel
- Boyd "Red" Morgan - Trooper Teal
- Director(s):
- Reginald Le Borg
- Writer(s):
- Gerald Drayson Adams
- Producer(s):
- Howard W. Koch
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