Mohawk (1956)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Kurt Neumann

Writers:

Maurice Geraghty (story) and
Milton Krims (story)

Release Date:

1 April 1956 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Western

Plot:

An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper's daughter, his fiancée newly arrived from the east...

Plot Keywords:

Fort | Artist | Indian | Indian Chief | Prisoner

Cast

Scott Brady	...	Jonathan Adams
Rita Gam	...	Onida
Neville Brand	...	Rokhawah
Lori Nelson	...	Cynthia Stanhope
Allison Hayes	...	Greta Jones
John Hoyt	...	Butler
Rhys Williams	...	Clem Jones
Barbara Jo Allen	...	Aunt Agatha (as Vera Vague)
Mae Clarke	...	Minikah
Tommy Cook	...	Keoga
Ted de Corsia	...	Indian Chief Kowanen
Michael Granger	...	Priest
John Hudson	...	Captain Langley
James O'Hara	...	Sergeant (as James Lilburn)
Chabon Jadi	...	Dancer

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Pathécolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | West Germany:16 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:7 (1957) | Sweden:15 (original rating) | Sweden:Btl (re-rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #17730)

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

Edward L. Alperson Productions

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Onida wears a pair of trousers with a zipper up the back.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Cynthia Stanhope: [points to Indians in the nearby woods] Auntie!
Aunt Agatha: Why, aren't they handsome!
Cynthia Stanhope: Aunt Agatha!
Aunt Agatha: At my age, a lady no longer has to hide her admiration for handsome men.

Soundtrack:

Love Plays the Strings of My Banjo

Oh Oh War Dance Time

Let me just say that I did not expect much from this film when I popped it into the DVD player. It is on a 4 movie set from Platinum Great Westerns Vol 8. that I paid only $4.00. Well, they must of remastered this one, quality is excellent. Almost looks like a 3D color movie at times. The flick itself...pretty good not a western at all though. Set out east in 1790 with the blue coats and settlers invading upon the Indian's habitat. Commissioned Boston artist Scott Brady frolicking with 3 beautiful women, fiancee Lori Nelson, bar maid Alison Hayes, and Indian princess Rita Gamm. Sinister demented land owner John Hoyt plays the white skins against the red skins so both wipe each other out and the valley will be all his. Crazed Mohawk Neville Brand doing frenzied war dances, only makes matters worse. Ends with exciting attack on the fort, bad guy gets his in spades, and Brady picking the right gal for marriage. The movie is no deep drama by any means, but it moves very quickly, nice to look at in a 1950's avante garde way, some (not all) of the outdoor sets are really on a studio sound stage so there are paintings as backdrops that are VERY obvious. Fun movie though to enjoy for what it is.