A Thunder of Drums

1961 PG-13 1h 37m

5.7 / 10 26

RATING

5.7/10

YOUR RATING

Captain Maddocks will never be promoted beyond Captain because of a mistake that he made in the past. Lt. McQuade is a green rookie who is now under the command of the tough Captain and he does not seem to be able to do anything right. Lt. McQuade also has trouble with Tracey, but it will be the renegade Indians that will test him and teach him the importance of following orders.

Director Joseph M. Newman

Writers

James Warner Bellah

Stars

Richard Boone George Hamilton Luana Patten

Richard Boone

Capt. Stephen Maddocks

Capt. Alan Scarborough

Kenner G. Kemp

Party Guest

Western

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User Reviews 2

Geronimo1967 22 Oct 2023

6/10

Luckily Richard Boone ("Capt. Maddocks") and Charles Bronson (the trouble-making "Hanna") inject a little oomph into this otherwise remarkably sterile western that sees two of the most wooden actors to ever don a yankee uniform fight it out against some renegade Indians whilst one of them vies for the affections of ex-girlfriend "Tracey" (a totally unremarkable Luana Patten) who is actually suppos...

John Chard 9 Feb 2017

7/10

It's not my advice, Mr, it's the rule of the game... ..Bachelors make the best soldiers, all they have to lose is their loneliness. A Thunder of Drums is directed by Joseph Newman and written by James Warner Bellah. It stars Richard Boone, George Hamilton, Luana Pattern, Arthur O'Connell, Charles Bronson, Richard Chamberlain, Duane Eddy and Slim Pickens. Out of MGM it's filmed on location at...