Drum Taps (film)

Drum Taps is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film directed and co-written by J.P. McGowan. It stars Ken Maynard and his brother Kermit Maynard playing brothers.

Plot summary

The Skinner Cattle Company is scheming to take over the valley by running ranchers off their homesteads. Their main opposition comes from Ken Cartwright who they attempt to frame by making it look like Ken rustled cattle. Ken escapes, but faced with the problem of the Skinner's outlaws using Rocky Pass as a fortress he enlists the aid of Los Angeles Boy Scout Troop #107.

Cast

Ken Maynard as Ken Cartwright

Tarzan as Ken's Horse

Dorothy Dix as Eileen Carey

Frank Coghlan Jr. as Eric Cartwright

Charles Stevens as Indian Joe

Al Bridge as Lariat Smith

Harry Semels as Henchman Pete

Jim Mason as Henchman Stubby Lane

Slim Whitaker as Henchman Hank

Kermit Maynard as Scoutmaster Earl Cartwright

Hooper Atchley as Bradley Skinner

Lloyd Ingraham as Bill Carey, Eileen Carey's Grandfather

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1933 films

American Western (genre) films

American black-and-white films

1933 Western (genre) films

Films directed by J. P. McGowan

Films produced by Samuel Bischoff

Films about the Boy Scouts of America

1930s English-language films

1930s American films