Drums in the Deep South (1951) on Netflix
Friends from West Point, Clay Clayburn and Will Denning end up on opposite sides when the Civil War begins. Clay, who loves his friend's wife Kathy, is sent to Devil's Mountain.
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Clay Clayburn and Will Denning finish at West Point and visit their friend Braxton Summers at his Georgia plantation in 1861, where Clay has long been in love with Braxton's wife Kathy. War divides the two men onto opposite sides. By 1864 Clay is a Confederate artillery major known for taking on missions others do not survive. To slow General Sherman's advance, he is ordered to lead men and a disassembled cannon through caves to the top of Devil's Mountain, from which the guns can destroy a railroad carrying Union troops and supplies. Devil's Mountain stands near Braxton's plantation, where Kathy lives with her uncle Albert. Kathy agrees to watch the Union troops and signal Clay's men from her window, by mirror in daylight and by lantern after dark.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Drums in the Deep South (1951)
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- Drums in the Deep South was the first King Brothers Productions film financed by selling shares. Some 300,000 shares worth $300,000 were issued to more than 700 investors to fund it.
- After signing a distribution deal with RKO Pictures, King Brothers Productions sued the studio for mismanaging the distribution and sale of Drums in the Deep South, claiming $10,000 in damages.
