War Drums is a 1957 American Western film directed by Reginald Le Borg, written by Gerald Drayson Adams, and starring Lex Barker, Joan Taylor, Ben Johnson, Larry Chance, Richard H. Cutting and John Pickard.

The film was produced by Aubrey Schenck and Howard W. Koch for United Artists and it was released on March 21, 1957.

On two occasions, Mangas refuses to sell Riva to his good friend Luke Fargo, despite being offered excellent deals for her.

Fargo attempts to put a stop to the war by bringing a representative from Washington to meet with Mangas.

He goes forward to the defenses set up by the Apache under a flag of truce, and recognized by braves who know him and his friendship with Mangas, is passed inside.

A lightning strike destroyed a generator, delaying production a few days, and a fire burned up one of the wardrobe trailers.

[6] Dixon reports that Lex Barker’s portrayal of Mangus Coloradas is “extremely unconvincing,” adding that “the film is patronizing and mechanical, redeemed only by the work of the always dependable Ben Johnson.”