''Drums Across the River '' is a 1954 American

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film directed by

Nathan Juran Naftuli Hertz "Nathan" Juran (September 1, 1907 – October 23, 2002) was an Austro-Hungarian-born film art director, and later film and television director. As an art director, he won the Oscar for Best Art Direction in 1942 for '' How Green Wa ...

and starring

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and Lyle Bettger.

Plot

Gary Brannon, is a peaceful homesteader living a quiet existence with his father Sam. Frank Walker is hoping to open up the Ute Indian territory for gold-mining purposes and tries to foment a war between the Utes and the local whites, while he steals a gold shipment and pins the blame on Gary. Gary starts off hating the Utes because they were responsible for killing his mother but gradually comes to be on their side and wants to expose the machinations of Walker.

Cast

Production

The film was shot mostly on the Universal backlot, with location filming at

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. This was Murphy's last film with Nathan Juran.Roger Fristoe, 'Drums Across the River', ''Turner Classic Movies''
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at ''Variety'' 1954 films 1954 Western (genre) films Films set in Colorado Universal Pictures films Films directed by Nathan Juran American Western (genre) films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1950s-US-Western-film-stub