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Title: Weak Cooper
Review: DISTANT DRUMS is weak Gary Cooper, indeed. Another example of how Warner Bros. had no idea how to use Cooper during his six picture deal from the late forties to the early fifties. This is notable mostly for some terrific location work in the Everglades and a fine score from Max Steiner. One sidebar: This is one of several westerns in the fifties in which Cooper was a parent. No other star played a father as often as Cooper, especially in westerns.
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