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Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

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Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 2

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Release Date: Nov 3, 1939 Wide

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John Ford directed this outdoor adventure set in the American Colonial period. Gilbert and Lana Martin (Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert) are a young couple trying to make a home in New York State's Mohawk Valley, but repeated attacks by Indians drive them, along with other settlers in the valley, into a nearby fort, where they watch helplessly as the natives lay waste to their farms and cabins. A spinster with a large farm, Sarah McKlennar (Edna May Oliver), comes to their rescue when she

Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.

Western, Action & Adventure, Classics

Directed By: John Ford

Written By: Lamar Trotti, Sonya Levien

In Theaters: Nov 3, 1939 Wide

On DVD: May 24, 2005

Cast

Claudette Colbert
Lana Borst Martin
Henry Fonda
Gilbert Martin
Edna May Oliver
Mrs. Sarah McKlennar
Arthur Shields
Father Rosenkranz
Eddie Collins
Christian Reall
Ward Bond
Adam Hartman
Dorris Bowdon
Mary Reall
John Carradine
Caldwell
Jessie Ralph
Mrs. Weaver
Robert Lowery
John Weaver
Roger Imhof
Nicholas Herkimer
Francis Ford
Joe Boleo
Kay Linaker
Mrs. DeMooth
Russell Simpson
Dr. Petry
Spencer Charters
Innkeeper
Arthur Ayleswofth
George Weaver
Clara Blandick
Mrs. Borst
Chief John Big Tree
Blue Back
Robert Greig
Mr. Borst
Si Jenks
Jacob Small
Noble Johnson
Indian
Tiny Jones
Mrs. Reall
Mae Marsh
Pioneer Woman
Edwin Maxwell
Rev. Daniel Gros
Paul McVey
Capt. Mark DeMooth
Lionel Pape
General
Charles Tannen
Dr. Robert Johnson
Tom Tyler
Capt. Morgan
Clarence H. Wilson
Paymaster
Jack Pennick
Amos Hartman
Beulah Hall Jones
Daisy

Critic Reviews for Drums Along the Mohawk

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (3) | DVD (9)

Visually very pleasing.

December 11, 2007 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

a revelation

October 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Paul Brenner

Filmcritic.com

It was Ford's first film in color and contains at least a handful of his most beautifully composed moments.

August 22, 2005 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Sketchy and episodic, John Ford's patriotic Revolutionary War tale is not one of his best dramatic efforts, but as his first color feature, it boasts stunning Oscar-nominated pictorial values.

June 7, 2005 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Those seeking another 1939 John Ford revisionist history lesson should seek out Young Mr. Lincoln.

May 17, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Jeremiah Kipp

Slant Magazine

A lesser effort from Ford.

May 17, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Jeremiah Kipp

Slant Magazine

Beautifully photographed historical drama from John Ford.

August 27, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Admittedly not Ford's best, not even his best in 1939 but Drums Along the Mohawk is still one of the better movies about the American Revolution and it contains some of Ford's most beautiful compositions.

February 17, 2009

Bob Stinson

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full of stereotypes, especially the description of indians as ape-like barbarians or christianity-converted dim-witts. i watched it just because i was curious how claudette colbert looks in color movies, and her costumes are sorta plain without the genius touch of paramout's travis banton, not doing colbert justice.

May 31, 2010

Veronique Kwak

Super Reviewer

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