|
''The Last of the Mohicans'' is a 1936 American adventure film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes and Henry Wilcoxon based on the novel ''The Last of the Mohicans'' by James Fenimore Cooper. ==Plot== During the French and Indian War, Alice (Barnes) and Cora Munro, the two daughters of the British commander of a fort, set out from Albany to join him. They are escorted by Major Duncan Heyward (Wilcoxon), who has loved Alice for a long time, and by the Huron Indian Magua. Magua is secretly an enemy of the British. Magua betrays them, but they are rescued by a colonial scout named Hawkeye (Scott) and his friends, the last two members of the Mohican tribe, Chingachgook and his son Uncas. On their way to the fort, Uncas falls in love with Cora, while Hawkeye and Alice are attracted to each other. The fort is besieged by the French, under General Montcalm, and their Indian allies. Hawkeye sneaks out at night and overhears Magua's treacherous plans to raid the unprotected colonial settlements. However, Colonel Munro refuses to accept just his unsupported word and allow the colonials to leave to protect their loved ones. Hawkeye arranges for the men to depart, but remains behind. Munro has no choice but to pronounce a death sentence on him for his actions. Before it can be carried out, however, Magua incites his men to attack the fort, to forestall an agreement between Montcalm and Munro in which the British will evacuate the fort in return for their lives. Before a mortified Montcalm can put a stop to the fighting, Munro is fatally wounded, and his daughters carried off by Magua and a small band of his supporters. Magua tells the women that Cora will become his squaw, while Alice will be burned alive. Hawkeye and his friends break out of the stockade and set out in pursuit, as does Heyward. When they reach a stream, they are forced to split up, Hawkeye and Chingachgook searching downstream and Heyward and Uncas upstream. Uncas picks up the trail and, unwilling to wait for the others, hurries ahead by himself. He manages to free Cora, but the pair are trapped on top of a cliff. Uncas manages to kill one man, but Magua sends him plummeting to the bottom of the cliff. Rather than becoming Magua's woman, Cora chooses to jump to her death. The dying Uncas drags himself over to her lifeless body and takes her hand in his before succumbing. Chingachgook arrives and challenges Magua to fight one-on-one. Hawkeye prevents Heyward from interfering. Finally, Chinachgook drowns Magua in the river. Meanwhile, Alice is taken to a large enemy settlement, to be burned at the stake. Hawkeye sends Chingachgook to stand guard, then tells Heyward there is only one way to save her: to exchange him for her. Heyward offers to sacrifice himself, but Hawkeye informs him that the Indians would not trade Alice for a British officer they do not know. It must be an enemy warrior they respect highly: Hawkeye himself. Heyward, however, knocks Hawkeye out and changes clothes with him, since the enemy does not know what Hawkeye looks like. Then he enters the armed camp and bargains for Alice's release. However, Hawkeye awakens and follows him. Faced with two men claiming to be Hawkeye, the enemy chief decides the winner of a shooting contest must be the real one, and he is proved right. Before she leaves, Alice kisses Hawkeye. Then he is tied to a stake and the wood around him set on fire. Fortunately, Alice and the others encounter a British relief force led by General Abercrombie. They storm the camp and free Hawkeye. Hawkeye faces a court-martial, but Heyward has the charges dismissed. Hawkeye enlists in the British Army and sets out with them to attack Canada. Alice tells him she will be waiting for him at Albany. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Last of the Mohicans (1936 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|