---
title: 'South of St. Louis (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ray Enright'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/south-of-st-louis-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041907/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# South of St. Louis (1950)

1950 · 88 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

South of St Louis is a 1949 American Technicolor Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joel McCrea, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott and Dorothy Malone. It chronicles the friendship between three ranchers after their ranch is destroyed by raiders led by the infamous Luke Cottrell. The film was originally titled Distant Drums, but was later changed to its current title, which refers to Civil War army deserters.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ray Enright](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-enright)
- **Screenplay:** [James R. Webb](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-r-webb)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Producer:** [Milton Sperling](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-sperling)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Freund](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-freund)

## Cast

- [Nacho Galindo](https://cinepixo.com/people/nacho-galindo)
- [Holmes Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/holmes-herbert)
- [Art Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-smith)
- [Frank Wilcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-wilcox)
- [Ray Montgomery](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-montgomery)
- [Alexis Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexis-smith)
- [Frank Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mills)
- [Dorothy Malone](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-malone)
- [Joel McCrea](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-mccrea)
- [Jack Mower](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mower)
- [Zachary Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/zachary-scott)
- [Russell Hicks](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-hicks)
- [Harry Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-woods)
- [Victor Jory](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-jory)
- [Forrest Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/forrest-taylor)

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