The Last of the Mohicans

This adventure film, based on the Cooper novel, charts the efforts of Alice and Cora Munro to rejoin their father, the commander of a British-held fort in upstate New York. A group of Huron Indians, led by the fierce Magua and allied with the French against the British, try to obstruct their way but are outsmarted by the last of the Mohicans, Uncas, his father Chingachgook and the wilderness man, Hawkeye. Tourneur's version of this classic American tale is characterized by suspenseful sequences and deft camera work. (Circulates)Genre/FormFeature films.

In 1757, in the midst of the French and Indian War, three French divisions and their Huron Indian allies are advancing on Fort William Henry, a British stronghold south of Lake George in the colony of New York. Chingachgook (Theodore Lorch) sends his son Uncas (Roscoe), the last living warrior of the Mohican tribe, to warn the fort's commander, Colonel Munro, of the imminent danger. Uncas is admired by Munro's daughter Cora (Barbara Bedford), much to the displeasure of her suitor, Captain Randolph (George Hackathorne) Munro