Distant Drums
by Raoul Walsh
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Actor: Arthur Hunnicutt, Gary Cooper, Mari Aldon, Ray Teal, Richard WebbDirector: Raoul Walsh
Brand: Lions Gate
Cinematographer: Sidney Hickox
Editor: Folmar Blangsted
Producer: Milton Sperling
Writer: Martin Rackin
Writer: Niven Busch
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Republic Pictures
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DVD Review: Not HIGH NOON!
Summary: 1 Stars
This 1951 Gary Cooper/Raoul Walsh (director) vehicle is not one of their best. In fact, the movie is so disappointing in every regard that I am surprised the film was considered for DVD production when so many other excellent 50yr. old movies have yet to see the light of day on DVD. Still, this selection may be the only film made that addresses the Seminole Indian War of the 1840s (as a point of fact, the Seminoles never did sign a peace treaty with the US, and the war ended quietly). The only two bona fide Hollywood stars are Gary Cooper, of course, and stalwart supporting actor, Arthur Hunnicutt. Several other actors will be more familiar to moviegoers as TV personalities, like Richard Webb (in the late 1950s program Captain Midnight) and Sheb Wooley, a real-life cowboy/stuntman, who was a regular in Rawhide with Clint Eastwood. I remember first seeing "Distant Drums" as a youngster and was hooked on Cooper as an "Indian Fighter", the action represented by the "Whites" trying to escape the pursuing Indians, and the climactic hand-to-hand, underwater knife fight between Cooper's character and Chief Ocala. Since then, I and movies have become a wee bit more sophisticated, and "Distant Drums" has failed to withstand the test of time. The color transfer to DVD is sharpe, and the underwater scenes are crisp; however, historical accuracy in the film is non-existant, and the romantic involvement between Cooper and the female lead, Mari Aldon (who is she?), is so contrived that it detracts from the strength of Cooper's character. What "deep sixed" the movie for me were: 1) the 1890s uniforms worn by the c.1840 US soldiers; 2) the Colt Peacemaker/6 shot revolver used by Cooper (had the film's producer done his homework, he would have known this gun was not in production until the 1870s ... even Gary Cooper should have known this fact!); and 3) the made-up, improvised, gobboli-gook Indian language used by Cooper and other characters. No, "Distant Drums" is not "High Noon," perhaps Cooper's best Western (both films were made the same year). Sadly, what we are able to recall as exciting or great as children is all too frequently disappointing as adults; "Distant Drums" is such an example for me.
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