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 western film based upon a 1936 novel of the same name by American author Walter D. Edmonds. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by John Ford. Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert portray settlers on the New York frontier during the American Revolution. The couple experiences British, Tory, and Native American attacks on their farm before the Revolution 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.