Drums in the Deep South

Drums in the Deep South
Drums in the Deep South
	Original film poster
Directed by	William Cameron Menzies
Written by	Philip Yordan; Sidney Harmon;
Based on	Woman With a Sword; by Hollister Noble
Produced by	Frank King (producer); Maurice King (producer);
Starring	James Craig; Barbara Payton; Guy Madison; Barton MacLane;
Cinematography	Lionel Lindon
Edited by	Richard V. Heermance
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Production; company	King Brothers Productions
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	October 16, 1951 (US);
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$300,000

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.