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Drums Along the Mohawk

John Ford
Part of

53rd New York Film Festival

September 25 - October 11, 2015

In 1939, the great John Ford made Stagecoach, Young Mr. Lincoln, and this Eastern Western, his first Technicolor film, set in New York’s Mohawk Valley on the eve of the American Revolution, with Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert as a newly married couple facing up to the rigors of frontier life.

DIRECTOR
John Ford
YEAR
1939
COUNTRY
USA
RUNTIME
104 minutes
FORMAT
DCP

In 1939, the great John Ford made Stagecoach, Young Mr. Lincoln, and this Eastern Western, his first Technicolor film, set in New York’s Mohawk Valley on the eve of the American Revolution, with Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert as a newly married couple facing up to the rigors of frontier life. Restored by Academy Film Archive and 20th Century Fox with funding provided by The Film Foundation. A 20th Century Fox release.

Drums Along the Mohawk
Drums Along the Mohawk
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