Director
John Ford
Actors
Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins, John Carradine, Dorris Bowdon, Ward Bond, Jessie Ralph, Arthur Shields, Robert Lowery, Roger Imhof, Francis Ford
Runtime
1 h 44 min
Release Date
3 November 1939
Genres
Action, Drama
Overview
Set in America's Colonial period, John Ford's adventure tale follows Gilbert (Henry Fonda) and Lana Martin (Claudette Colbert) as they try to survive the rugged frontier. After their settlement is repeatedly attacked by Indians, the couple is taken in by a spinster (Edna May Oliver). Lana bears a son, while Gilbert heads off to fight the Indians and the British. He returns, wounded, to find his family once again under attack by the Indians.