Not a Drum Was Heard is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by William A.

[1][2] The title is taken from the first line of Charles Wolfe's poem "The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna":Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note,As his corse{sic} to the rampart we hurried;Not a soldier discharged his farewell shotO'er the grave where our hero we buried.As described in a film magazine review,[3] Jack Mills and Bud Loupel; they ride the ranch together, rescue each other from certain death, and fall in love with Jean Ross.

Married life starts in a bungalow acquired on the installment plan from the town banker Rand, who also had courted Jean.

Jack hears of it, stages a holdup to cover the money, and tries to assume all blame.

However, Bud has been mortally wounded and, in the mix-up, exonerates his friend before he dies.