Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Second viewing; the first was on August 18, 1990.

A newlywed couple in the days of American independence wars. She is a city girl, goes to live in his farm. The Indians are British allies, and pretty savage. And so it goes.

Perhaps not a perfect movie, but certainly an interesting one. I hear it went overbudget and had a few battle scenes canceled. Some of the humor does not seem to serve the plot, yet perhaps it is what gives the movie a peculiar flavor. The implausibility of having the protagonist suddenly made into an athlete who can outrun very fit Iroquois gives us some very fine compositions.

Rating: 52 (up from 43)