A Thunder of Drums

Captain Maddocks will never be promoted beyond Captain because of a mistake that he made in the past. Lt. McQuade is a green rookie who is now under the command of the tough Captain and he does not seem to be able to do anything right. Lt. McQuade also has trouble with Tracey, but it will be the renegade Indians that will test him and teach him the importance of following orders.

Cast

Richard Boone

as Capt. Stephen Maddocks

George Hamilton

as Lt. Curtis McQuade

Luana Patten

as Tracey Hamilton

Arthur O'Connell

as Sgt. Karl Rodermill

Charles Bronson

as Trooper Hanna

Richard Chamberlain

as Lt. Porter

James Douglas

as Lt. Thomas Gresham

Tammy Marihugh

as Laurie Detweiler

Carole Wells

as Camden Yates

Duane Eddy

as Trooper Eddy

Reviews

John Chard

It's not my advice, Mr, it's the rule of the game... ..Bachelors make the best soldiers, all they have to lose is their loneliness. A Thunder of Drums is directed by Joseph Newman and written by James Warner Bellah. It stars Richard Boone, George Hamilton, Luana Pattern, Arthur O'Connell, Char...

CinemaSerf

Luckily Richard Boone ("Capt. Maddocks") and Charles Bronson (the trouble-making "Hanna") inject a little oomph into this otherwise remarkably sterile western that sees two of the most wooden actors to ever don a yankee uniform fight it out against some renegade Indians whilst one of them vies for t...

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