The Deerslayer

"James Fenimore Cooper's Great Adventure Classic !"

Sep 10 1957 Approved 1h 18m
Adventure, War, Western

After The Deerslayer, a white man reared by the Mohicans, and his blood brother Chingachgook, a Mohican chief, save trader Harry Marsh from the hostile Huron Indians, they learn that the Hurons will attack Old Tom Hutter and his two daughters, Hetty and Judith, who live on a floating raft fort on the river.

Plot

In the wilderness of early Colonial days, trapper Tom Hutter lives with his two daughters in an isolated floating fort. Tom's one-man vendetta against Indians has brought the wrath of the Hurons down on him...thereby garnering the reluctant aid of wilderness wanderer Deerslayer and his Mohican blood-brother, Chingachgook. Among adventures, violence and escapes, a batch of dirty secrets emerges...

Written by

James Fenimore Cooper, Carroll Young, Kurt Neumann

Directed by

Kurt Neumann

Cast

Lex Barker, Rita Moreno, Forrest Tucker

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Regal Films

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
438
Average Rating
5.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA