Product Details

• Actors: James Craig, Barbara Payton, Guy Madison, Barton MacLane, Robert Osterloh
• Directors: William Cameron Menzies
• Writers: Hollister Noble, Philip Yordan, Sidney Harmon
• Producers: Frank King, Maurice King
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Alpha Video
• DVD Release Date: April 15, 2003
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000092T4E
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #38,919 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A B-movie epic worth seeing., January 6, 2001

By	Lee Hartsfeld (Heath, OH United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Drums in the Deep South [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Director William Cameron Menzies, set designer for "Gone with the Wind" and the original "Invaders from Mars" (1953, which he also directed), keeps this modest Civil War story moving along nicely and with sufficient human-interest details. Guy Madison (TV's "Wild Bill Hickock") and James Craig are close friends who end up on the North and South sides, respectively, and who, not surprisingly, must fight one another in the movie's final reels, though they do so out of sight to one another. Come to think of it, we only see them together some two or three minutes at the start of this reasonably exciting B-epic that belies its budget, courtesy of Menzie's set designs, in spite of harsh early-fifties color and a less than liberal budget. Nothing profound, but this notable picture does convey some of the tragedy of friends and loved ones torn apart by the most horribly personal war in our history.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Civil War Movie, January 2, 2009

By	Bill711 - See all my reviews

There are amazingly few movies dealing with the Civil War that are not either soap operas (such as Gone With the Wind) or just Westerns with Southern and Northern characters (such as Escape From Fort Bravo). Drums in the Deep South is one of a few movies about the Civil War (along with The Red Badge of Courage for example) that actually have battle scenes that take place in the South (rather than out West).

4.0 out of 5 stars This movie has that illusive something, August 7, 2002

By	bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

The story of how a hand full of heroes who blocked Sherman's march to the sea. Two friends from West Point find themselves on opposite sides in the war. The conflicts are not as cut and dry, as it would appear as two things come to mind while watching this movie. One is the basic conflict between friendship and loyalty to a cause; many times this is mistaken resulting in the balance of power changing. The second is a little more superficial but just as intriguing; both sides in the conflict must come up with ways to out gun the other side by using technology outside of its intended purpose. The use of a navel gun on a rail car is one. You will have to watch the movie to see the solution to extending the range of the smaller cannon. Other conditions call for more radical action.

Does the mission succeed and is it worth the price paid on both sides?

I can say the movie is worth the price of repeated viewing.