Drum Beat (1954)

President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modoc renegade Captain Jack engages in ambush and other atrocities, MacKay must fight him one-on-one with guns, knives and fists.
Delmer Daves
Alan Ladd, Audrey Dalton, Marisa Pavan, Robert Keith, Rodolfo Acosta, Charles Bronson, Warner Anderson, Elisha Cook Jr., Anthony Caruso, Richard Gaines, Hayden Rorke, Frank De Kova, Perry Lopez, Isabel Jewell, Peggy Converse, Pat Lawless, Frank Ferguson, George J. Lewis, Peter Hansen, Willis Bouchey, Strother Martin, Edgar Stehli, Richard H. Cutting, Michael Daves
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