Only it is slightly different. We have 'Hawkeye' as played by George Montgomery and one daughter instead of 2 daughters being accompanied to camp by the treacherous Huron Indian. Sheldon Leonard takes on this baddie role as 'Ogane' instead of the more famous 'Magua'.
The film is ok but there are two 'Last of the Mohicans' films that are better - the 1936 version and the 1992 version. So............... watch those instead! This film is a bit complicated to follow and will lose you at the beginning stages. It is not made easy as everyone looks the same. They all wear wigs in the British army and it is confusing as to who is who and what is happening. The film comes across as a poor man's imitation of 'Last of the Mohicans' with one daughter instead of two daughters, and one Indian accomplice for Hawkeye instead of 2. The slight changes to the story take away from the effect of what we know is a better story.
There is a good knife fight when one hand of each of those involved are tied together and Sheldon is the standout character of the film. Unfortunately, Brenda Marshall (Marion) is a peculiar looking woman. She plays the daughter but looks like a middle-aged mother. There is also no way she is a source of desire for Leonard. It just doesn't ring true. I've seen her in another film - "The Sea Hawk" (1940) in which, again, she doesn't convince - there is something weird about her.
This film, does, however, contain the classic Indian greeting - "How". This is the only Indian word that absolutely everyone said at school when we were about 5 years old and I have never ever heard it spoken in a film. In TV comedy sketches, yes, but never in an actual film. So, we get an iconic moment when Leonard delivers this iconic word!
Watch 'Last of the Mohicans' for a more satisfying experience of this tale. It has a better story and ties things up more memorably rather than playing out as a happy families love story as in this effort.
