Distant Drums
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| Distant Drums | |
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 Movie poster for the film Distant Drums |
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| Directed by | Raoul Walsh |
| Produced by | Milton Sperling |
| Written by | Niven Busch Martin Rackin |
| Starring | Gary Cooper Richard Webb |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Editing by | Folmar Blangsted |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  December 25, 1951 (New York City, New York)December 29 (wide)  February 13, 1952 March 27 August 1 September 11 September 19 December 18 |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
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Distant Drums is a 1951 film (more specifically, a "Florida Western") directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Gary Cooper. It is set during the Second Seminole War in the 1840s, with Cooper playing an Army captain who destroys a fort held by the Seminole Indians then retreats into the Everglades while under chase.
An esoteric fact about the film is that it is the earliest known use of a sound effect called the Wilhelm scream. It is used for the scene where a man is bitten by an alligator. The scream was actually vocalized by actor Sheb Wooley.
The actual location of the fort in the film was the historic Castillo de San Marcos. It is also a song sung by Jim Reeves.
[edit] External links
Distant Drums at the Internet Movie Database
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