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Drums of the Desert(1927)
Status: Released
Date: 1927-06-04
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A big-scale outdoor melodrama-lavishly filmed to depict the mighty human drama of a dying race. 'Twill stir your blood to the quick if you like this kind of a show.
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John Curry is a friend of the Navajos who fails in his attempts to keep the white man from exploiting the tribe's secret altars. Realizing that there is oil to be found on the reservation, evil Will Newton gains entry to the area by posing as a trail guide for Elias Manton, an archeologist, and his daughter Mary.
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Movie: Drums of the Desert
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Warner Baxter
John Curry
Marietta Millner
Mary Manton
Ford Sterling
Perkins
Wallace MacDonald
Will Newton
Heinie Conklin
Hi-Lo
George Irving
Prof. Elias Manton
Bernard Siegel
Chief Brave Bear
Guy Oliver
Indian Agent
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John Curry is a friend of the Navajos who fails in his attempts to keep the white man from exploiting the tribe's secret altars. Realizing that there is oil to be found on the reservation, evil Will Newton gains entry to the area by posing as a trail guide for Elias Manton, an archeologist, and his daughter Mary.
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A big-scale outdoor melodrama-lavishly filmed to depict the mighty human drama of a dying race. 'Twill stir your blood to the quick if you like this kind of a show.
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