Drums of the Desert

On his way to a post as special adviser of the new parachute troops of the French Foreign Legion in Morocco, Paul Dumont meets the beautiful Helene on the ship. A romance ensues, but the two decide to part when Paul learns that Helene is the fiancée of his best friend and fellow officer Raoul. Raoul is wounded during an Arab attack and the wedding is postponed, and Helene and Paul are thrown together and find it impossible to hide their feelings. The meet in the tent of Hassan, a fortune teller, not knowing the tent is a storage place for arms and ammunition belonging to Addullah, an Arab leader determined to avenge the death of his brother Ben Ali. Written by Les Adams Drums of the Desert is a 1940 American English-language Adventure motion picture featuring Ralph Byrd, Lorna Gray, Mantan Moreland, George Lynn, Willy Castello, Jean Del Val and Charles Townsend. Monogram Pictures was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Paul Malvern. The movie is directed by George Waggner. Monogram Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Drums of the Desert was released on 7th October 1940 and takes a screen time of 64 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by Dorothy Davenport and George Waggner. Cinematography was done by Fred Jackman Jr. and editing by Jack Ogilvie
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