Drums Along the Mohawk

• Movie

  Type

• 1939

  Year

• 1h 44m

  Runtime

• ★ 6.4

  Rating

• Romance / Drama / History

  Genre

Set in America's Colonial period, John Ford's adventure tale follows Gilbert (Henry Fonda) and Lana Martin (Claudette Colbert) as they try to survive the rugged frontier. After their settlement is repeatedly attacked by Indians, the couple is taken in by a spinster (Edna May Oliver). Lana bears a son, while Gilbert heads off to fight the Indians and the British. He returns, wounded, to find his family once again under attack by the Indians.

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Cast

Claudette Colbert

Lana (Magdalena)

Henry Fonda

Gilbert Martin

Edna May Oliver

Mrs. McKlennar

Eddie Collins

Christian Reall

John Carradine

Caldwell

Dorris Bowdon

Mary Reall

Jessie Ralph

Mrs. Weaver

Arthur Shields

Reverend Rosenkrantz

Robert Lowery

John Weaver

Roger Imhof

Gen. Nicholas Herkimer

Francis Ford

Joe Boleo

Ward Bond

Adam Hartman