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Drums Along the Mohawk
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6.5Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.
Released: 1939-11-10100 minDir: John FordDrama, History, War
Cast
- Claudette Colbert as Lana (Magdelana)
- Henry Fonda as Gilbert Martin
- Edna May Oliver as Mrs. Mc Klennar
- Eddie Collins as Christian Reall
- John Carradine as Caldwell
- Dorris Bowdon as Mary Reall
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- countryside
- based on novel or book
- frontiersman
- newlywed
- 18th century
- isolated farmhouse
- british colonialism
- american revolution
- revolutionary war
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
6,957 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
82%
- Year
- 1939
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Ford
- Screenwriter
- William Faulkner
- Cast member
- Tom Tyler
- Composer
- Alfred Newman
- Producer
- Darryl F. Zanuck
- Production company
- 20th Century Studios
- Cinematographer
- Ray Rennahan
- Narrative location
- New York
- Duration
- 103
- FilmAffinity ID
- 652358
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Robert Lowery-Dorris Bowdon in Drums Along the Mohawk.jpg
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- Commons category
- Drums Along the Mohawk (film)
- publication date
- 1939-01-01
- film editor
- Robert L. Simpson
- title
- Drums Along the Mohawk
- production designer
- Richard Day
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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