Drums of the Desert

Directed by John Waters

With Warner Baxter, Marietta Millner, Ford Sterling, Wallace MacDonald and Heinie Conklin

John Curry is a friend of the Navajos who fails in his attempts to keep the white man from exploiting the tribe's secret altars. Realizing that there is oil to be found on the reservation, evil Will Newton gains entry to the area by posing as a trail guide for Elias Manton, an archeologist, and his daughter Mary.