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Drums in the Deep South

1951 · 87 min

A slow-burn, tragic Civil War drama with tense mountain warfare and a bittersweet romantic core.

Genres
Western
Tagline
A handful of heroes on a powder-keg mountain !
Overview
Two old friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Civil War in a desperate battle atop an impregnable mountain.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • friendship
  • betrayal
  • love
  • death
Places
  • countryside
  • military
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
western
Directed by
William Cameron Menzies
Written by
Philip Yordan, Sidney Harmon
Starring
James Craig, Barbara Payton, Guy Madison, Barton MacLane, Robert Osterloh, Tom Fadden, Robert Easton, Louis Jean Heydt
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
Lionel Lindon
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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