DRUMS IN THE DEEP SOUTH
DIRECTED BY WILLIAM CAMERON MENZIES
PRODUCED BY FRANK KING/ MAURICE KING
KING BROTHERS PRODUCTIONS
RKO RADIO PICTURES
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Plot Summary
Best friends Clay Clayburn and Will Denning graduate from West Point
only to soon find themselves fighting on opposite sides of the Civil War.
When the two men meet each other in combat, neither knows it as each is in an artillery position
hundreds of yards from the other. However, the love of Clay's life,
Kathy Summers, does know and tries desperately to save her two good friends from killing each other.
Written by Alfred Jingle
Full Cast
James Craig ... Maj. Clay Clayburn
Barbara Payton ... Kathy Summers
Guy Madison ... Maj. Will Denning
Barton MacLane ... Sgt. Mac McCardle
Robert Osterloh ... Sgt. Harper
Tom Fadden ... Purdy
Robert Easton ... Jerry
Louis Jean Heydt ... Col. House
Craig Stevens ... Col. Braxton Summers
Taylor Holmes ... Albert Monroe
Lewis Martin ... Gen. Johnston
Peter Brocco ... Union Corporal
Dan White ... Corp. Jennings
Robert Clarke ... Union Officer (uncredited)
Kenne Duncan ... Union Officer (uncredited)
Roy Gordon ... Lt. Col. Fitzgerald (uncredited)
James Griffith ... Union Officer Reporting to Denning (uncredited)
Myron Healey ... Union Lieutenant (uncredited)
Todd Karns ... Union Captain (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Tom Monroe ... Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Billy Nelson ... Union Sergeant (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton ... Capt. Travis (uncredited)
Denver Pyle ... Union Soldier Breaking Window (uncredited)
Mickey Simpson ... Jim Burns, Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Ray Walker ... Union Officer (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson ... Confederate Sentry (uncredited)
Writing Credits
Philip Yordan (screenplay) and
Sidney Harmon (screenplay)
Hollister Noble (story)
Original Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
Lionel Lindon
Trivia
The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright
resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could
duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film.
Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely
(and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality,
having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
Filming Locations
Tuolumne County, California, USA
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