"The Last of the Mohicans" (1971) TV mini-series

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

26 March 1972 (USA)

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series | Based On Novel

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys.

Cast

Andrew Crawford	...	Colonel Munro (8 episodes, 1971)
Tim Goodman	...	Major Duncan Heyward (8 episodes, 1971)
Kenneth Ives	...	Hawkeye (8 episodes, 1971)
John Abineri	...	Chingachgook (8 episodes, 1971)
Richard Warwick	...	Uncas (8 episodes, 1971)
Patricia Maynard	...	Cora Munro (8 episodes, 1971)
Joanna David	...	Alice Munro (8 episodes, 1971)
Philip Madoc	...	Magua (8 episodes, 1971)
David Leland	...	David Gamut (7 episodes, 1971)
Bill Wiesener	...	Munro's Sergeant (4 episodes, 1971)
Michael Cullen	...	Lieutenant Otley (4 episodes, 1971)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

Campsie Fells, Stirling, Scotland, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Movie Connections:

Version of The Last of the Mohicans (1920)

As many of the comments indicate, this is a superb presentation of LOTM.

Filmed in the Scottish Highlands, this rendition of LOTM is the most faithful to the Cooper novel of all of them (and there have been many including the popular 1992 Hollywood version which was markedly different from the novel in many places). Perhaps the next most accurate LOTM is the 1920's B&W version - though not nearly as faithful as this Masterpiece Theater piece.

M/T originally presented in in their first year, 1971, as a series of 8 episodes of 45 minutes each and later had a non-M/T version of 13 episodes of about 30 minutes played by a few public TV stations in the mid-'70s. The main difference was the M/T version had an introduction (somewhat flawed as I recall) by Alastair Cooke.

The 13 episode version (same as M/T except for intro) does exist - we are watching it currently on DVD. The double Emmy award-winning producer of this '71 version (John McRae) says that the BBC destroyed the production masters in about the mid-'70s but he feels it was one of his best efforts and also says that it was nominated for the Emmy at the time (but didn't win).