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Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Director: John Ford

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From Time Out Film Guide

A typical Ford hymn to the pioneer spirit, his first film in colour and absolutely stunning to look at. Set on the eve of the Revolutionary War, it's a stirring account of the trials of a young couple setting up home in an isolated farming community, particularly memorable for the sequence in which Fonda outdoes Rod Steiger's 'run of the arrow', racing two Mohawks in a fantastic cross-country marathon to bring help to the beleaguered fort. Very funny too, on occasion, as witness the redoubtable Edna May Oliver's confrontation with a band of marauding Indians.

Author: TM

Time Out Film Guide

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Drums Along the Mohawk

Cast & crew

Director: John Ford

Producer: Raymond Griffith

Cast: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, John Carradine, Arthur Shields, Robert Lowery, Ward Bond full cast

Genre(s): Westerns

Duration: 103 mins


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