Savage Drums

Savage Drums
Directed by	William Berke
Screenplay by	Fenton Earnshaw
Produced by	William Berke
Starring	Sabu Lita Baron Sid Melton H.B. Warner Steven Geray Robert Easton Margia Dean Francis Pierlot Ray Kinney Paul Marion
Cinematography	Jack Greenhalgh, A.S.C.
Edited by	Carl Pierson, A.C.E.
Music by	Darrell Calker
Production companies	Tom Productions, Inc.
Distributed by	Lippert Pictures, Inc.
Release date	June 22, 1951 (1951-06-22)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Savage Drums is a 1951 American adventure film produced and directed by William Berke and starring Sabu, with Lita Baron, Sid Melton and H.B. Warner. The film was released by low-budget producer Robert L. Lippert. Although Lippert had previously announced his films would be first features, this was one of a number of B movies he produced during the period. The Indian-born actor Sabu had previously enjoyed fame as the star of several films produced by Alexander Korda.

Plot

Tipo, born into the royal family of an island in the South China Sea, lives in America and is training for a boxing championship. Upon learning that his native land is in danger of being taken over by Communists, he reluctantly gives up his boxing career, returns home to defeat the enemy, claim his rightful place as king, marry his childhood sweetheart and sign a treaty with the United States Navy to build airport runways, roads and a harbor.

Cast

• Sabu as Tipo
• Lita Baron as Sari
• H.B. Warner as Maou
• Sid Melton as Jimmy
• Steven Geray as Borodoff
• Bob Easton as Max
• Margia Dean as Tania
• Francis Pierlot as Aruna
• Paul Marion as Rata
• Ray Kinney as Rami
• John Mansfield as John
• Edward Clark as Tabuana
• Hugh Beaumont as Bill Fenton (uncredited)

Bibliography

• Davis, Blair. The Battle for the Bs: 1950s Hollywood and the Rebirth of Low-Budget Cinema. Rutgers University Press, 2012.

External links

• Savage Drums at IMDb
• Savage Drums at the TCM Movie Database
• Savage Drums at the British Film Institute