A Thunder of Drums

A Thunder of Drums
Official VHS cover
Directed byJoseph Newman
Written byJames Warner Bellah
Based onCommand
1946 story in The Saturday Evening Post
by James Warner Bellah
StarringRichard Boone
George Hamilton
Luana Patten
Arthur O'Connell
CinematographyWilliam Spencer
Edited byFerris Webster
Music byHarry Sukman
Color processMetrocolor
Production
company
Robert J. Enders Productions
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • September 26, 1961 (1961-09-26) (New York City)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1 million[1]

A Thunder of Drums is a 1961 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Joseph Newman and starring Richard Boone, George Hamilton, Luana Patten and Arthur O'Connell. The screenwriter James Warner Bellah adapted it from his 1946 short story "Command".

  1. ^ "1961 Rentals and Potential". Variety. January 10, 1961. p. 58.