| Drums in the Deep South | |
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| Directed by | William Cameron Menzies |
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| Based on | Woman With a Sword by Hollister Noble[1] |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Lionel Lindon |
| Edited by | Richard V. Heermance |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $300,000[3] |
Drums in the Deep South is an American Civil War war western film directed by William Cameron Menzies who was production designer of David O. Selznick's Gone With the Wind (1939) and also designed the cave sequences in Selznick's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938). Based on a story by Civil War author Hollister Noble, the film was produced by an independent company King Brothers Productions, filmed in SuperCineColor and released by RKO Pictures in September 1951. B. Reeves Eason directed the second unit.
- ^ Goble 1999, p. 346
- ^ "Detail View: 'Drums in the Deep South'." American Film Institute. Retrieved: May 19, 2014.
- ^ Brady, Thomas. "Hollywood agenda: Capra and Stevens will leave Paramount In production policy change; Addenda poor starts turning point stock dealings more color." The New York Times, April 8, 1951, p. 101.