Drums Across the River Plot Summary and Details

Plot

Audie Murphy is at his taciturn best in the Universal western Drums Along the River. Murphy is cast as Gary Brannon, a peaceful homesteader living a quiet existence with his father Sam (Walter Brennan). No-account Frank Walker (Lyle Bettger), hoping to open up the Ute Indian territory for gold-mining purposes, tries to foment a war between the Utes and the local whites. As an added filip, he steals a gold shipment and pins the blame on Brannon. Now a fugitive from justice, Brannon joins Walker's gang, much to his father's dismay. Actually, it's all part of a plan to expose Walker's perfidy and prevent Ute hostilities, but no one knows this until Brannon wants them to. Jay Silverheels, best known as Tonto on TV's Lone Ranger, co-stars as Ute warrior Taos.

MPAA Rating:

Genre(s):

Action,Westerns

Run Time:

78min.

Director(s):

Nathan Juran

Starring:

Audie Murphy , Walter Brennan , Lyle Bettger , Lisa Gaye , Hugh O'Brian

Themes:

Miscarriage of Justice,Prospectors and Land Rights

Tone:

Tense

Keywords:

Native-American,accusation,cowboy,criminal,false-accusation,father,frame-up,gold,gold-shipment,help,investigation,land,lynching,misguided,name-clearing,problems,rebel,robbery,settler,shipment,territory