A Thunder Of Drums is an acceptable and passable western, though neither notable, not extraordinary, but decent. It deals with a young rookie Lieutenant named Curtis MacQuarrie : George Hamilton who arrives in a Fort surrounded by native tribes, both Apaches and Comanches. The fort is commanded by the stiff, usually angry veteran captain Maddock : Richard Boone , he is a two-fisted but very experimented officer. The Fort is located at a desert where the troopers are continuously surveying and riding while are eventually attacked by Indians.
Nice cavalry Western set at a desert regiment of forgotten men, including noisy action, thrills, go riding, crossfire, fights and Indian raids . It has the usual plot about the motley lives of the members of the military cavalry on a desert outpost, their trials and tribulations with brief character studio of the main protagonists, adding a triangular drama among Geoege Hamilton-Luana Patten-James Douglas. Especially concerning the peculiar relationship between a rookie lieutenant and the bitter stiff-upper-lip captain with the continuous arguments and differerent view points to defeat Indians. The interesting screenplay was written by prestigious James Warner Bellah, John Ford's regular, both wrote the notorious :They wore the yellow ribbon. Main cast is pretty good. George Hamilton plays so-so as the argumentative Lieutenant who finds at the fort his old flame. Special mention for Richard Boone as the rigid captain Maddock who will never be promotrd beyond captain because of a mistake on the past. The beautiful Luana Patten as Tracey plays the woman no man could forget. While other secondaries as James Douglas performs another lieutenant rivaling for Tracey's love, Arthur O'Connell plays the amiable but eminently experimented Sergeant, Richard Chamberlain in one of his first appearances playing a sensible officer, Charles Bronson former his acting as first star playing a brawler trooper, the eternal likable secondary Slim Pickens, singer Duane Eddy, among others.
It packs a colorful and evocative cinematography by William Spencer as well as thrilling and moving musical score by Harry Jackman. The motion picture was professionally directed Joseph M Newman. At the beginning he worked as a director assistant or Second Unit Director. He was a prolific craftsman being his first films : Jungle patrol, Abandoned, The Great Dan Patch and with penchant for Western and making all kinds of genres as Film Noir, Drama, Thriller, Gangster movie, such as : The story of Arnold Rothstein, Pony Soldier, Fort Massacre, Northwest Rangers, Vendetta, Human jungle , Kiss of fire, Women in hiding, The Lawbreakers, Red skies of Montana, Outcast of Poker Flat, 711 Ocean Drive, Dangerous crossing, Flight to Hong Kong, and several others. Rating 6/10. Attractive and charming western.
Nice cavalry Western set at a desert regiment of forgotten men, including noisy action, thrills, go riding, crossfire, fights and Indian raids . It has the usual plot about the motley lives of the members of the military cavalry on a desert outpost, their trials and tribulations with brief character studio of the main protagonists, adding a triangular drama among Geoege Hamilton-Luana Patten-James Douglas. Especially concerning the peculiar relationship between a rookie lieutenant and the bitter stiff-upper-lip captain with the continuous arguments and differerent view points to defeat Indians. The interesting screenplay was written by prestigious James Warner Bellah, John Ford's regular, both wrote the notorious :They wore the yellow ribbon. Main cast is pretty good. George Hamilton plays so-so as the argumentative Lieutenant who finds at the fort his old flame. Special mention for Richard Boone as the rigid captain Maddock who will never be promotrd beyond captain because of a mistake on the past. The beautiful Luana Patten as Tracey plays the woman no man could forget. While other secondaries as James Douglas performs another lieutenant rivaling for Tracey's love, Arthur O'Connell plays the amiable but eminently experimented Sergeant, Richard Chamberlain in one of his first appearances playing a sensible officer, Charles Bronson former his acting as first star playing a brawler trooper, the eternal likable secondary Slim Pickens, singer Duane Eddy, among others.
It packs a colorful and evocative cinematography by William Spencer as well as thrilling and moving musical score by Harry Jackman. The motion picture was professionally directed Joseph M Newman. At the beginning he worked as a director assistant or Second Unit Director. He was a prolific craftsman being his first films : Jungle patrol, Abandoned, The Great Dan Patch and with penchant for Western and making all kinds of genres as Film Noir, Drama, Thriller, Gangster movie, such as : The story of Arnold Rothstein, Pony Soldier, Fort Massacre, Northwest Rangers, Vendetta, Human jungle , Kiss of fire, Women in hiding, The Lawbreakers, Red skies of Montana, Outcast of Poker Flat, 711 Ocean Drive, Dangerous crossing, Flight to Hong Kong, and several others. Rating 6/10. Attractive and charming western.