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The Last of the Mohicans ()

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During the brutal French and Indian War, the legendary scout Hawkeye is prevailed upon to escort Major Duncan Heyward, and the two daughters of Fort William Henry commander Colonel Munro -- Alice and Cora -- to safety through.
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Hawkeye
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Alice Munro
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Major Duncan Heyward
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Magua
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Cora Munro
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Uncas
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Chingachgook
Hugh Buckler ...
Colonel Munro
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Captain Winthrop
William Stack ...
General Montcalm
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General Abercrombie
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David Gamut
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Jenkins
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Sachem
Art Dupuis ...
De Levis (as Art du Puis)
Ian Maclaren ...
William Pitt (as Ian MacLaren)
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Duke of Newcastle
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King George II (as Olaf Hytton)
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Patroon
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Duke of Marlborough
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Corleen Clemons ...
Indian (uncredited)
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Trapper (uncredited)
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Colonialist Defending Fort Henry (uncredited)
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British Officer at Fort Henry (uncredited)
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Colonialist Defending Fort Henry (uncredited)

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George B. Seitz

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James Fenimore Cooper ... (novel "The Last of the Mohicans")
 
Philip Dunne ... (screen play)
 
John L. Balderston ... (from an adaptation by) &
Paul Perez ... (from an adaptation by) and
Daniel Moore ... (from an adaptation by)

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Edward Small ... producer

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Roy Webb ... (uncredited)

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Robert H. Planck ... (photographed by) (as Robert Planck)

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Jack Dennis ... film editor
Harry Marker ... film editor

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John DuCasse Schulze ... (as John Ducasse Schulze)

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Franc Smith ... (gowns)

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Emile de Ruelle ... production manager (uncredited)
Harry M. Goetz ... production supervisor (uncredited)

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Clem Beauchamp ... assistant director
Wallace Fox ... associate director

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John L. Cass ... recordist

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Paul Eagler ... camera operator: special effects (uncredited) / director of photography (uncredited)
Edward Snyder ... second unit: camera (uncredited)

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Roy Webb ... musical director
Hugo Friedhofer ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Bernhard Kaun ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Nathaniel Shilkret ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Max Steiner ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

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Carl 'Major' Roup ... script clerk (uncredited)

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Harry M. Goetz ... presenter
Edward P. Lambert ... research director
Ken Goldsmith ... supervisor (uncredited)
Harvey Shepherd ... stand-in: Phillip Reed (uncredited)
Milton Sperling ... assistant to Edward Small (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye. Written by Jim Beaver

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Taglines JAMES FENIMORE COOPER'S GREATEST TALE OF ROUSING ADVENTURE! (original posters and print ads-all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le dernier des Mohicans (France)
  • Sagamore le Mohican (France)
  • Der letzte Mohikaner - Falkenauge (Germany)
  • Der letzte Mohikaner (Germany)
  • Der letzte der Mohikaner (Germany)
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  • 91 min
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Trivia On 5/1/36 "The Triplicate" reported that a camera crew showed up in Crescent City and Smith River to undertake the preparations for filming an adaption of "The Last of the Mohicans" using Yurok, Hoopa and Tolowa extras. Tolowas and mixed-Tolowas hired on as extras included Clifford Winton, Harry Bob, Fred Moorehead, William White, Andrew Whipple, Chester Scott, Johnny Frank, Chester James, Robert Spott, Lawrence Spott, Edward Spott and Jack James. They were paid $5.00 a day. The federal government arranged the pay scale for the reservation Indians who had acted as extras. See more »
Goofs The lock and bar system used has a job of keeping the door shut while pad locked. Visible with a brighter screen setting. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian (2012). See more »
Soundtracks The British Grenadiers See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits are shown on a rock, with rock art (petroglyphs). See more »
Quotes Chingachgook: Great Spirit. Fair warrior goes to you. Swift, straight and unseen like arrow shot into sun. Let him sit at Counsel fire of my tribe. For he is Uncas, my son. My fire, his ashes. Your fire, is bright. Now, all my tribe is there, but one. I, Chingachgook, Last of Mohican.
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