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Sound of a Drum
Season 1, Episode 19
Airdate February 1, 1968
Production Number 0720
Written by Victor Leslie Tracy and A.L. Christopher. story by Victor Leslie Tracy.
Directed by Gerald Mayer
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Cimarron StripSeason One


Special Guest Star: Steve Forrest (Sgt. Clayton Tyce)

Guest Starring: Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Sgt.Maj. Chambers)

Co-Starring: John Milford (Corp. Watkins), Rayford Barnes (Bains), Harry Carey (Riley), Lloyd Gough Capt. Bragg), David Renard (Pedro), Davy Kurzon (Jackson), George Buchanan (Blacksmith), Robert J. Folkerson (Corporal)

Contents

Plot Overview

Rustlers are stealing cattle and the army and Marshal Crown can not find them despite patrolling extensively. Sergeant Tyce one of the cavalry's most popular men seems not interested in indians led by a Comanchero as too poor to worry about. This puts him in conflict with his Sergeant Major, Chambers, new to his post.

Then Tyce finds himself in trouble with Sergeant Major Chambers, who insists on following Army Regulations to the letter. finds Tyce in Cimarron City when he was supposed to be in charge of a patrol, Tyce is given the choice of accepting a discharge from the Army, or facing a court-martial. He takes the discharge.

Tyce, a 20-year cavalry veteran, blames all of his troubles on Chambers, and sets up a mock trial for the Sergeant Major. He releases his old men from an Army guardroom and uses them as the jury, holding court in the Wayfarer's Inn while Crown, MacGregor, and Francis are away, searching for the rustlers. Dulcey realizes that Tyce's hatred for Chambers has gotten out of hand, as Tyce is determined to hang chambers and she attempts to defend Chambers who refuses to run when she gives him the chance to escape.

Crown comes across the Comanchero at Indian Wells waiting to pay off someone.

Notes

Arc Advancement

Happenings

The price for cattle was $30 a head and over 100 had been rustled, and Crown was under a time limit from the ranchers before they took matters in hand.

Characters

Pedro was a Comanchero, a crossbreed Mexican/Apache.

Clayton Tyce was a frontline 20 year cavalry veteran who only knows the army life.

Chambers was a 30 year veteran but had been never on the frontline.

Referbacks

Trivia

The Show

Behind the Scenes

Allusions and References

Memorable Moments

Quotes

  • Francis about Tyce "Well I will say for a man thats looking for trouble, he sure does it with a flourish".
  • Tyce "Ever since I was a little shaver, trooper that's all I ever dreamed of, it's all I ever wanted in life, bugles and the sound of the drum, stand tall and be counted as a man. I'm just not fit for anything else".