Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk
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Directed by	John Ford
Screenplay by	Sonya Levien Lamar Trotti
Based on	Drums Along the Mohawk 1936 novel by Walter D. Edmonds
Produced by	Darryl F. Zanuck
Starring	Claudette Colbert Henry Fonda Edna May Oliver John Carradine Ward Bond
Cinematography	Bert Glennon Ray Rennahan
Edited by	Robert L. Simpson
Music by	Alfred Newman
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	November 2, 1939 (1939-11-02) (Glove Theatre)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	over $2 million[1]
Box office	$1.558 million (U.S. and Canada rentals)[2]

Drums Along the Mohawk is a 1939 American historical drama film based upon a 1936 novel of the same name by American author Walter D. Edmonds. The film stars Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert, was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, and directed by John Ford.

Fonda and Colbert portray a couple who settle on the New York frontier during the American Revolutionary War and defends their farm from Loyalist and Native American attacks before the conflict ends and peace is restored.

Edmonds based the novel on a number of historic figures who lived in the valley. The film—Ford's first Technicolor feature—was well received. It became a major box-office success and was nominated for one Academy Award.