War Drums (1957)
3/10
Ho hum Hollywood 'history'?
26 July 2020
Where do I start? The only correct thing about this movie is that prominent Apache war-chief Mangus Coloradus existed. But he died at age 70 in 1863 and certainly would not have been capturing young Mexican maidens and leading warriors in the time frame of this movie, the US Civil War period.

Now to the story. Its the kind of soppy 'we go in peace' claptrap that I would have hated if I had seen it as a kid at a Saturday matinee. Not enough action and a lefty woke (in 21st century terminology) presentation of the Apache as misunderstood good guys. There was no peace with the Apache tribes until the capture of Geronimo in 1886.
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