Drum Beat (1954)
President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modoc renegade Captain Jack engages in ambush and other atrocities, MacKay must fight him one-on-one with guns, knives and fists.
Western
Cast & Crew
Alan Ladd
Johnny MacKay
Audrey Dalton
Nancy Meek
Marisa Pavan
Toby
Robert Keith
Bill Satterwhite
Rodolfo Acosta
Scarface Charlie
Charles Bronson
Kintpuash
Warner Anderson
Gen. Canby
Elisha Cook Jr.
Blaine Crackel
Anthony Caruso
Manok
Richard Gaines
Dr. Thomas
Hayden Rorke
President Ulysses S. Grant
Frank De Kova
Modoc Jim
Perry Lopez
Bogus Charlie
Isabel Jewell
Lily White
Peggy Converse
Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant
Frank Ferguson
Mr. Dyar
George J. Lewis
Capt. Alonzo Clark
Peter Hansen
Lt. Goodsall
Willis Bouchey
Gen. Gilliam
Strother Martin
Scotty
Edgar Stehli
Jesse Grant
Richard H. Cutting
Col. Meek
Paul Wexler
William Boddy
Denver Pyle
Fairchild (uncredited)
Rico Alaniz
Rayford Barnes
Oliver Blake
Dee Carroll
Frank Gerstle
James Griffith
Richard Hale
Maurice Jara
Kenner G. Kemp
George Lloyd
Victor Millan
Carol Nugent
Leonard Penn
Arthur Space
Norman Willis
Dee Carroll
Young Widow (uncredited)
Delmer Daves, Alan Ladd
Producer
Delmer Daves
Director
Delmer Daves
Screenplay
