Apache Drums

Apache Drums

1951 · 75 min · ★ 6.3 · Western

A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.

Directed by Hugo Fregonese · Written by David Chandler

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