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In 1840, during the Second Seminole War, Seminole fighters threaten the settlers of Florida. General Zachary Taylor plans a strike against an old Spanish fort that gunrunners use as a base for supplying the Seminoles. He sends the naval lieutenant Tufts and the scout Monk to a remote island, where Captain Quincy Wyatt has been living apart with his young son. Taylor wants Wyatt to lead the small force. Wyatt is reluctant to leave, and the two visitors set out to persuade him.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Distant Drums (1951)
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- Sheb Wooley's scream, recorded for the scene in which his character is attacked by an alligator, created the sound effect now known everywhere as the Wilhelm scream.
