Distant Drums

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Raoul Walsh

Writing Credits

Niven Busch
(screenplay) and
Martin Rackin
(screenplay)
Niven Busch
(story)

Cast

Gary Cooper
Capt. Quincy Wyatt
Mari Aldon
Judy Beckett
Richard Webb
Lt. Richard Tufts
Ray Teal
Pvt. Mohair
Arthur Hunnicutt
Monk
Robert Barrat
Gen. Zachary Taylor
Dany Aldon
Bit part
Carl Andre
Trooper
Mel Archer
Pvt. Jeremiah Hiff
Gregg Barton
Pvt. James W. Tasher
Jere Beery Sr.
Dead Indian
George Bell
Trooper
Jimmie Booth
Trooper
Rudy Bowman
Trooper
Beverly Brandon
Mme. Duprez
Bob Burns
Indian Boy
Sidney Capo
Indian Boy
Larry Carper
Chief Ocala
Clancy Cooper
Sgt. Shane
Bob Folkerson
Trooper
Carl Harbaugh
M. Duprez
Adeline Hiatt
Indian Woman
George Huggins
Trooper
Roy Jenson
Trooper
Johnny Kern
Trooper
Kenneth MacDonald
General's Staff Officer
Casey MacGregor
Pvt. Sullivan
Cactus Mack
Trooper
Angelita McCall
Amelia
Lee Roberts
Pvt. Tibbett
Dave Rochlen
Tooper
George Scanlan
Bosun
Ginger Stanley
Woman
George Walsh
Bit part
Dan White
Cpl. Peachtree
Jack Williams
Trooper
Sheb Wooley
Pvt. Jessup

Produced by

Milton Sperling
producer

Music by

Max Steiner

Cinematography by

Sidney Hickox
director of photography (as Sid Hickox)

Editing by

Folmar Blangsted

Art Direction by

Douglas Bacon

Set Decoration by

William Wallace

Makeup Department

Gordon Bau
makeup artist
George Bau
assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Larry Butterworth
assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Abe Haberman
assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Louis Hippe
makeup artist (uncredited)
Charlotte Kirkpatrick
assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
Emile LaVigne
makeup artist (uncredited)
Rudolph Liszt
makeup artist (uncredited)
Otis Malcolm
assistant makeup artist (uncredited)
Jeanette Marvin
assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
Gene Roemer
makeup artist (uncredited)
Myrl Stoltz
hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management

Chuck Hansen
assistant production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Claude Archer
second assistant director (uncredited)
Russell Saunders
assistant director (uncredited)
Lee White
second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Eddie Edwards
props (uncredited)
Pat Patterson
assistant props (uncredited)
Red Turner
assistant props (uncredited)

Sound Department

Oliver S. Garretson
sound / sound mixer (uncredited)
Harold Hanks
recorder (uncredited)
John Jensen
sound (uncredited)
Ross Owen
sound (uncredited)
William Thompson
sound (uncredited)

Stunts

Slim Talbot
stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams
stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Jack Albin
still man (uncredited)
Alfred Baalas
Technicolor assistant (uncredited)
Albert Beland
loader (uncredited)
Paul Burnett
gaffer (uncredited)
Alfred Cline
Technicolor technician (uncredited)
Ernest Cromer
battery man (uncredited)
Robert R. Farmer
Operator (uncredited)
Theodore Feld
Mechanic (uncredited)
George Gall
Technicolor assistant (uncredited)
Cliff Heard
operator (uncredited)
Sidney Hickox
camera operator (uncredited)
Robert Hollohan
camera operator (uncredited)
Mike Joyce
camera operator (uncredited)
George E. Lussow
Technicolor assistant (uncredited)
Arthur Mazur
camera operator (uncredited)
Earl Metz
Technicolor technician (uncredited)
Ed Rike
best boy (uncredited)
Harry Tuverson
generator man (uncredited)
William Walsh
Technicolor assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Marjorie Best
wardrobe
Ralph Hibbs
wardrobe assistant (uncredited)
Lillian House
wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
Ted Kring
wardrobe assistant (uncredited)
Roe Ramsay
wardrobe assistant (uncredited)
Leon Roberts
wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Mitchell Kovaleski
color consultant: Technicolor

Location Management

Matt Bruttig
location timechecker (uncredited)
Marvin Margulies
location timekeeper (uncredited)

Music Department

Murray Cutter
orchestrator

Script and Continuity Department

Irva Mae Ross
script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Bob Reilly
publicist (uncredited)
John Ward
first aid (uncredited)
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