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Drum

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A slaver (Warren Oates) buys Drum (Ken Norton), a bordello queen's (Silvia Pinal) son, in the 1860s New Orleans.

Critics Reviews

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Verina Glaessner Time Out Jan 26, 2006
Much of the blame rests with the chaotic and clumsy script fashioned from Kyle Onstott's potboiling bestseller. Go to Full Review Vincent Canby New York Times May 9, 2005
There's more hot air than steam in the overwrought melodrama of Drum. Go to Full Review Steve Warren The Barb (Atlanta) May 9, 2023
You can't possibly take this one seriously, but you might enjoy it. Go to Full Review Richard Corliss New Times (magazine) Jun 22, 2022
[Every character] is drawn in caricatures broad enough to do a pay-toilet artist proud. Go to Full Review Jacoba Atlas Los Angeles Free Press Oct 30, 2019
A hopelessly inept, foul interpretation of history and human emotions that should be ignored at all costs. Go to Full Review Fernando Trueba El Pais (Spain) Jul 26, 2019
The movie is nothing more than a soap opera set in New Orleans. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Andre K @RT14703127 Jul 16, 2026 Blaxploitation Slavery Classic!! In need of a modern remake by Tarantino! Nudity within the first 6 minutes,but not enough of Pam Grier!! A Slave Uprising at a Breeding Plantation! See more Primo 1 @Matou Dec 24, 2021 Its your classic seventies exploitation movie, combined with a salacious, soft porn plantation drama. All the sordid, sleazy, tantalizing ingredients are present for outrage and some great non P.C. entertainment. See more delysid d @RT67044741 Nov 27, 2017 drum is the son of mandingo, he gets stuck in a sex farm See more Apr 27, 2017 This pseudo-sequel to Mandingo isn't nearly as disturbing and has a better plot. Warren Oates is very good as the plantation owner. Plus, Yaphet Kotto is added to help with acting (since Ken Norton is a boxer turned Actor). If you liked Mandingo then you should watch Drum. See more Aug 14, 2016 Follow up to MANDINGO is respectable in its own right with slave Norton sold to plantation owner Warren Oates and leading a revolt. Good cast makes up for Norton's deficiencies in the lead. See more Jan 3, 2013 Django Unchained is totally based off this film. Drum is a pretty damn good flick! This is so UNDERRATED!!!!! See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Steve Carver

Director

Warren Oates

Hammond Maxwell

Ken Norton

Drum

Silvia Pinal

Actor

Isela Vega

Marianna

Paula Kelly

Rachel

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Movie Info

Synopsis A slaver (Warren Oates) buys Drum (Ken Norton), a bordello queen's (Silvia Pinal) son, in the 1860s New Orleans.
Director
Steve Carver
Producer
Ralph Serpe
Screenwriter
Norman Wexler
Production Co
Dino De Laurentiis Company
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 30, 1976, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 19, 2017
Runtime
1h 40m
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