South of St. Louis (1949)

INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
The friendship of three Texas Ranchers. Later their ranch was destroyed by Cotrell,
of the Union army,and his band of outlaw raiders. The original title was "Distant Drums", this was a description of Civil War army deserters.

Cast
Joel McCrea ... Kip Davis
Alexis Smith ... Rouge de Lisle
Zachary Scott ... Charlie Burns
Dorothy Malone ... Deborah Miller
Douglas Kennedy ... Lee Price
Alan Hale ... Jake Evarts
Victor Jory ... Luke Cottrell
Bob Steele ... Slim Hansen
Art Smith ... Bronco
Monte Blue ... Captain Jeffrey
Nacho Galindo ... Manuel
and many more...

Directed
Ray Enright

Writing Credits
Zachary Gold ... (writer)
James R. Webb ... (writer)

Produced
Milton Sperling ... producer

Music
Max Steiner

Cinematography
Karl Freund

Trivia
Unknown

Goofs
Anachronisms
A revolver commonly seen in the film is the famous Colt Single Action Army Revolver. This design did not appear until 1873, much too late for use in the American Civil War.

Memorable Quotes

Filming Locations
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

South of St Louis is a 1949 Western film directed by Ray Enright.
Starring Joel McCrea, the film chronicles the friendship between
three ranchers after their ranch is destroyed by raiders led by the infamous Luke Cotrell.
The movie was originally titled Distant Drums, but was later changed to its current title,
a term that refers to Civil War army deserters.

User Review

pathetic
2 February 2004 | by kyle_furr

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This movie is filled with every cliche you can think of, and absolutely none of them work. The plot is predictable and the characters are not interesting, but boring. The acting is pretty bad, even by Joel McCrea. Even western fans should stay away from this one.