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Bookmark this pageDrums 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
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- nogrunch said...
- Posted on Feb 22 2009 16:18 Yet another anti British offering from Hollywood, & so pro German at the time, it only lacked the swastikas.
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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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