Main Cast: Scott Brady, Rita Gam, Neville Brand, Lori Nelson, Allison Hayes
Release Year: 1956
Country: US
Run Time: 80 minutes
Plot
Though released by 20th Century-Fox, Mohawk was produced independently by Edward L. Alperson, who also doubled as the film's musical composer. Scott Brady stars as an 18th century Boston artist, sent to Mohawk Valley to paint landscapes and portraits of Native Americans. Brady is forced to pack up his easel when he becomes embroiled in a war between the Indians and avaricious land baron John Hoyt. The villain intends to play both ends against the middle, then claim what's left when the Mohawks and settlers wipe each other out. Brady not only defies Hoyt, but also battles near-psychotic Mohawk warrior Neville Brand. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Review
There's an awful lot of fiery Colonial womenfolk in Mohawk and every one of them looking as if she just leaped out from the latest copy of Vogue. No one was ever meant to take this whites versus the Iroquois Nation melodrama serious, of course, especially not when former scream queen Mae Clarke turns up as Rita Gam's Native American mother, complete with quaint Indian homilies, while Neville Brand's evil brave sneers in the background. But the ladies are all fetching, and if director Kurt Neumann isn't exactly in a class with John Ford, Mohawk is at least pretty to look at in Technicolor. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
Kurt Neumann - Director, William B. Murphy - Editor, Edward L. Alperson, Jr. - Composer (Music Score), Raoul Kraushaar - Musical Direction/Supervision, Karl Struss - Cinematographer, Edward L. Alperson, Jr. - Producer, Maurice Geraghty - Screenwriter, Milton Krims - Screenwriter
Mohawk is a 1956Pathécolor Drama directed by Kurt Neumann, starring Scott Brady and Rita Gam. Jonathan Adams (Scott Brady) is an 18th century Boston artist, sent to Mohawk Valley to paint landscapes and portraits of Native Americans.
