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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.
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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