Savage Drums is a 1951 American adventure film produced and directed by William Berke, starring Sabu, Lita Baron, Sid Melton and H.B. Warner and released by Poverty Row studio Lippert Pictures.
Tipo, born into the royal family of an island in the South China Sea, lives in the United States and is training for a boxing championship. Upon learning that his native land is in danger of falling to communists, he reluctantly abandons his boxing career, returns home to defeat the enemy, claim his rightful place as king, marry his childhood sweetheart and sign a treaty with the United States Navy to build airport runways, roads and a harbor.