Drums Along the Mohawk
Summary:
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... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Claudette Colbert - (Lana Borst Martin)
Henry Fonda - (Gilbert Martin)
Edna May Oliver - (Mrs. Sarah McKlennar)
Eddie Collins - (Christian Reall)
Arthur Shields - (Father Rosenkranz)
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Review:
The first of many collaborations between director John Ford and Henry Fonda, this fine, typically Fordian vision of community life also features the director's first use of the then recently developed Technicolor process. A visually appealing slice of Americana, the film places a youthful, yet stoic Fonda in a series of iconic poses as ... Continue >>
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