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A Sound of Different Drummers
A Sound of Different Drummers
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  2. A Sound of Different Drummers

A Sound of Different Drummers

1957
1h 30m

Status

Released

Release

1957

Runtime

1h 30m

Storyline

A young security police officer in a future totalitarian state is assigned to suppress illegal intellectual activity, including executing book readers. He catches a librarian hiding a banned book and joins her in reading books.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Oct 3, 1957
Director
John Frankenheimer
John Frankenheimer

Top Cast

13 Cast Members

Arthur Batanides

Arthur Batanides

Watkins

Paul Bryar

Paul Bryar

The Informer

James Edwards

James Edwards

Sterling Hayden

Sterling Hayden

Gordon Miller

Jean Inness

Mildred

John Ireland

John Ireland

Ben Hammond

Helen Kleeb

Helen Kleeb

The Informer's Wife

Paul Lambert

Paul Lambert

The Prosecutor

Diana Lynn

Diana Lynn

Susan Ward

George Meader

George Meader

George

David Opatoshu

David Opatoshu

Howard Ellis

Adam Williams

Kimbrough

Tony Randall

Tony Randall

Self - Host

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