A Sound of Different Drummers
1957, English. Directed by John Frankenheimer.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- John FrankenheimerDirector
- Arthur BatanidesWatkins
- Paul BryarThe Informer
- James EdwardsCast
- Sterling HaydenGordon Miller
- Jean InnessMildred
- John IrelandBen Hammond
- Helen KleebThe Informer's Wife
- Paul LambertThe Prosecutor
- Diana LynnSusan Ward
- George MeaderGeorge
- David OpatoshuHoward Ellis
- Adam WilliamsKimbrough
Details
- Released
- 3 October 1957
- Written by
- Ray Bradbury, Robert Alan Aurthur
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A Sound of Different Drummers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 October 1957. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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If you liked A Sound of Different Drummers, try Hello, Seeds of Yesterday, Girl in the Box.
Who directed A Sound of Different Drummers?
A Sound of Different Drummers (1957) was directed by John Frankenheimer and stars Arthur Batanides, Paul Bryar, James Edwards.