The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes82%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
133 audience votes
Key crew
- John FordDirector
- Sonya LevienScreenplay
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Lamar TrottiScreenplay
Cast
- Claudette ColbertLana (Magdelana)
- Henry FondaGilbert Martin
- Edna May OliverMrs. Mc Klennar
- Eddie CollinsChristian Reall
- John CarradineCaldwell
- Dorris BowdonMary Reall
- Jessie RalphMrs. Weaver
- Arthur ShieldsReverend Rosenkrantz
- Robert LoweryJohn Weaver
- Roger ImhofGen. Nicholas Herkimer
- Francis FordJoe Boleo
- Ward BondAdam Hartman
Stills
Themes
husband wife relationshipcountrysidebased on novel or bookfrontiersmannewlywed18th centuryisolated farmhousebritish colonialismamerican revolutionrevolutionary waramerican frontier