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Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Alan Ladd Audrey Dalton Marisa Pavan Robert Keith Charles Bronson Elisha Cook Jr.
Genre: Western
Premiere: 1954
Running time: 111 min
Country: USA

Drum Beat is a 1954 American CinemaScope Western film in WarnerColor written and directed by Delmer Daves and co-produced by Daves and Alan Ladd in his first film for his Jaguar Productions company. Ladd stars along with Audrey Dalton, Charles Bronson as Captain Jack, and Hayden Rorke as President Ulysses S. Grant.

The story uses elements of the 1873 Modoc War in its narrative, with Ladd playing a white man asked by the U.S. Army to attempt negotiations with Native Modocs who are about to wage war.

An early role for Charles Bronson (originally Buchinsky), who plays Captain Jack as a memorable villain wearing the coat of a deceased US Cavalry Captain. Prior to murdering General Edward Canby (Warner Anderson) during a peace negotiation, Bronson's character puts on a General's coat and announces to the audience "Me GENERAL Jack now!"

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Drum Beat is a movie (1954) from USA. Genre: western. Directed by Delmer Daves. Starring Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan, Robert Keith and Charles Bronson. Running time: 111 min.

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