Sunday, July 4, 2010

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Directed by John Ford
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, 20th Century Fox)

John Ford's Technicolor drama of colonialists trying to survive in the wild country of upstate New York is lively if a bit predictable. Life would be great if it wasn't for those darn Indians burning everything in sight. Fonda and Colbert lose everything not once, but twice! They retreat to the nearest fort and bunker down for a long battle. Some people die, others live, babies are born, just another day in the life of those hardy settlers.

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