The Iroquois Trail

The Iroquois Trail is a 1950 American western film directed by Phil Karlson and starring George Montgomery, Brenda Marshall and Glenn Langan. It is set during the FrenchIndian War. It is an adaptation of James Fenimore Coopers 1826 work The Last of the Mohicans, with significant alterations. As with the book, one of the major plot lines in based on the Siege of Fort William Henry and the subsequent massacre.

Returning home after two years away, Sergeant Cutlers elder brother Nat Hawkeye Cutler and his companion, a Delaware Indian Chief Sagamore investigate the killing of Tom, who is now wrongly believed to have been a traitor by the authorities. Nat and Sagamore enlist as scouts for the reinforcements being sent out to Fort Williams. They escort the British Captain West carrying important despatches, and Marion Thorne, the daughter of the Forts commander. They foil an attempt by Ogane to betray them to the Hurons and bring them safety to Fort Williams. However, their apparent insubordination leaves their commanders suspicious of their loyalty.General Montcalm is being supplied with information by a spy inside the Fort, which is carried out to him by Ogane. Montcalm ambushes a force of American infantry and advances with the French Army to lay siege to the Fort. Hawkeye is able to expose the traitor as Captain Brownwell a Frenchborn officer serving as quartermaster to the British forces, but is too late to stop further information passing out to Montcalm. Aware that the Fort is indefensible, Montcalm offers it favorable peace terms. This outrages Ogane who wants vengeance against the AngloAmericans, and he leads his Hurons in a night attack in which they kill many of the Forts defenders. Marion Thorne is kidnapped by Ogane who wants her as his wife. ........

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