Follow the River

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Movie Info

Sheryl Lee stars in this fact-based story of a colonial woman taken prisoner by a tribe of Shawnee Indians during the French and Indian War. After being abducted to the tribe's settlement in the wilds of Virginia, Mary Ingles (Lee) befriends a Dutch woman who is also being held captive, and the two manage to escape and work their way back home through the dangerous Virginia wilderness. Based upon the novel by James Alexander Thorn.

Rating:

PG
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Drama, Television
Directed By:

Martin Davidson
Written By:

Jennifer Miller
In Theaters:

Apr 22, 1995 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Mar 1, 2005
Runtime:

93 minutes
Studio:

Hallmark Entertainment

Cast

Ellen Burstyn
as Gretel

Sheryl Lee
as Mary Ingles

Eric Schweig
as Wildcat

Tyler Noyes
as Tommy Ingles

Renée O'Connor
as Bettie Draper

Tim Guinee
as Will Ingles

Andrew Stahl
as Henry Lenard

Gabriel Macht
as Johnny Draper

Tony Amendola
as LaPlante

Sammy D. Miller
as Goulart

Graeme Malcolm
as Buchanan

Juddson Keith Linn
as Deer Following

Jimmie F. Skaggs
as Snake Stick

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Apr 23, 2009

I read some of the other reviews for "Follow the River". It seems if you have read the book, the movie is disappointing. I haven't read the book. I enjoyed the movie. What is the saying? "If fate hands you lemons, make lemonade." Mary Ingles makes the best of her situation, but in the end decides it better to leave her children with the Shawnee and try and make it back to her husband many days travel away. That would be one tough decision.

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