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When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced into a peacekeeping role.When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced into a peacekeeping role.When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced into a peacekeeping role.
George D. Wallace
- Les Walker
- (as George Wallace)
Howard McNear
- Stilwell
- (as Howard Mc.Near)
George American Horse
- Indian
- (uncredited)
Carl Andre
- Deputy
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaIn Drums Across the River (1954) playing an important role in the action is Jay Silverheels as Taos, the warrior son of Ute chief Ouray (Morris Ankrum). Silverheels, on leave from playing Lone Ranger's Indian sidekick Tonto in The Lone Ranger (1949) series, delivers a solemn, regal performance. Future The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955) series star Hugh O'Brian is a black-clad gunman with a deadly smile. Lisa Gaye, sister of the better-known Debra Paget, provides Murphy's love interest.
- GoofsStirrups are visible beneath the blankets on the Indians' horses.
- Quotes
Sam Brannon: Now look - you don't have to see a skunk to know he's around.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Biography: Audie Murphy: Great American Hero (1996)
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Entertaining action western with Audie Murphy including Indian attacks , crossfire , fights and mean gunfighters
Nice Audie Murphy recital giving acceptable acting as a tough man who has to solve conflicts between greedy white men and Ute Indians . While he becomes a peaceful man who attempts to avoid an Indian war. But then things go wrong when his father , Walter Brennan, is kidnapped by villainous Lyle Bettger . A wildernes of danger¡ An empire of savage hate ¡
Decent Western with thrills , emotion , betrayals , assaults , Indian attacks and cavalry . It is a routine Western but it has some elements that make this oater an above average yarn . Audie Murphy , as usual , is pretty well , this time he resolves problems by keeping calm among contenders ,in which mean prospectors attempt to rob Indian mines and along the way confronting the always nasty Lyle Bettger , providing the best acting of the movie . Support cast is frankly good , with plenty of Western familiar faces as Hugh O'Brian, Emile Meyer , Regis Toomey , Morris Ankrum , Gregg Barton , George Wallace , Bob Steele , lone Ranger's Jay Silverheels, the beautiful Mara Corday and the great secondary Walter Brennan . It contains a thrilling and rousing score from Herman Stein and Henry Mancini , though uncredited . As well as colorful cinematography in Technicolor by Harold Lipstein. The motion picture was well directed by Nathan Juran for Universal Pictures . He was a notorious art director winning an Oscar for art direction on How green was my valley by John Ford . Then , he turned to directing in the the Fifties. Juran handled mostly low-budget Westerns and oaters such as : Law and order , Gunsmoke, Tumbleweed, as well as Sci-Fi opuses , his most famous were Attack of the 50 foot woman 1958 , The brain of the planet Arous , The deadly mantis, 20 million miles to earth . On the other hand he was also responsible for great fantasy adventures as The 7th voyage of sinbad, Jack the giant killer , 1958 . In the early Sixties he travelled Europe where he made Spaghetti Western as Land raiders . Furthermore , he directed a lot of episodes of popular TV series as Daniel Boone , Lost in space , Land of giants , Voyage to the bottom of the sea , A man called Shenandoah , The three musketeers , World of giants, among others . Rating , 6.5/10 . Better than average . The movie will appeal to Audie Murphy fans and Western aficionados .
Decent Western with thrills , emotion , betrayals , assaults , Indian attacks and cavalry . It is a routine Western but it has some elements that make this oater an above average yarn . Audie Murphy , as usual , is pretty well , this time he resolves problems by keeping calm among contenders ,in which mean prospectors attempt to rob Indian mines and along the way confronting the always nasty Lyle Bettger , providing the best acting of the movie . Support cast is frankly good , with plenty of Western familiar faces as Hugh O'Brian, Emile Meyer , Regis Toomey , Morris Ankrum , Gregg Barton , George Wallace , Bob Steele , lone Ranger's Jay Silverheels, the beautiful Mara Corday and the great secondary Walter Brennan . It contains a thrilling and rousing score from Herman Stein and Henry Mancini , though uncredited . As well as colorful cinematography in Technicolor by Harold Lipstein. The motion picture was well directed by Nathan Juran for Universal Pictures . He was a notorious art director winning an Oscar for art direction on How green was my valley by John Ford . Then , he turned to directing in the the Fifties. Juran handled mostly low-budget Westerns and oaters such as : Law and order , Gunsmoke, Tumbleweed, as well as Sci-Fi opuses , his most famous were Attack of the 50 foot woman 1958 , The brain of the planet Arous , The deadly mantis, 20 million miles to earth . On the other hand he was also responsible for great fantasy adventures as The 7th voyage of sinbad, Jack the giant killer , 1958 . In the early Sixties he travelled Europe where he made Spaghetti Western as Land raiders . Furthermore , he directed a lot of episodes of popular TV series as Daniel Boone , Lost in space , Land of giants , Voyage to the bottom of the sea , A man called Shenandoah , The three musketeers , World of giants, among others . Rating , 6.5/10 . Better than average . The movie will appeal to Audie Murphy fans and Western aficionados .
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