Connianatu
How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.
Borserie
it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.
Loui Blair
It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
Isbel
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
Tad Pole
. . . an American Race War with his "Helter Skelter" plot (something many psychopaths have attempted and failed to do before and after the Tate killings), MOHAWK documents part of the True History of America's Actual, Real Life Race War. Playing the role of an Iago or Manson-like character stirring up the Racism always bubbling near the surface on both sides is would-be New York developer "Butler." The Historical Record shows that this Cultural Conflagration was not quenched until the rampant production of Multi-Racial children could be accomplished. "Jonathan 'Keoga' Adams" and "Oneida" comprise the heroic couple who take a crack at peace during MOHAWK. Thanks to them and their colleagues in such mixed blessings, "26 and me" recently has reported that 98% of the people living Today on Native Preserves have at least some European roots. Though a few thoughtless Revisionists may feign outrage when lab results prove a Swede or Finn to be up their Family Tree, MOHAWK illustrates exactly why this was the only route to peace.
Dalbert Pringle
Mohawk has got to be one of the corniest cornball movie-romances ever. When it comes to "love" stories, Mohawk's contrivances border, at times, on the downright laughable.Set in the mid-1800s at Fort Alden (a remote army post in Texas), Johnathon Adams (a hack-artist and full-time womanizer who's presently juggling 2 gorgeous babes) falls (if you can believe this) head-over-heels for a Pocahontis-type, Iroquois beauty named Onida. With her clear, blue eyes (yes, blue) and decidedly Caucasian features, you can well-bet that Onida's cover-girl looks only add to the already escalating absurdity of Mohawk's flimsier-than-flimsy story.If you can believe it - Not even when war breaks out between the whites and the redskins does this truly cornball romance between Johnathon and Onida lose its demented intensity or pale even a fraction.Ho-hum.As an added bonus that hinges on the ridiculous - Mohawk contains numerous scenes where one minute it's daytime and the next moment it's nightfall - or - Often enough, one minute the skies are perfectly clear and then, presto, clouds dominate the entire heavens.Anyways - If you're bored and looking for a laugh, or two, check out Mohawk.
blanche-2
"Mohawk" is a 1956 color film starring some darn good-looking young people, beautiful scenery, and a different point of view towards Indians. Scott Brady is an artist living in a fort that exists in peace with the Mohawk Indians, except for one rabble-rouser (John Hoyt) who grew up in the area and wants the Indians out. The script is interesting for the period, because the Brady character is constantly reminding people that the white man took land from the Indians.The cast is populated with some gorgeous starlets: Lori Nelson, Allison Hayes, and Rita Gam. Scott Brady, who ended up becoming a character actor, actually started out as a poor man's Robert Wagner and is an attractive lead here.Mae Clarke of the Cagney grapefruit is the Indian Chief's wife. All of the Indians have shaved chests. The most familiar actor to most will be Neville Brand as one of the Indians.Okay, and the guys will love it.
John
Let me just say that I did not expect much from this film when I popped it into the DVD player. It is on a 4 movie set from Platinum Great Westerns Vol 8. that I paid only $4.00. Well, they must of remastered this one, quality is excellent. Almost looks like a 3D color movie at times. The flick itself...pretty good not a western at all though. Set out east in 1790 with the blue coats and settlers invading upon the Indian's habitat. Commissioned Boston artist Scott Brady frolicking with 3 beautiful women, fiancee Lori Nelson, bar maid Alison Hayes, and Indian princess Rita Gamm. Sinister demented land owner John Hoyt plays the white skins against the red skins so both wipe each other out and the valley will be all his. Crazed Mohawk Neville Brand doing frenzied war dances, only makes matters worse. Ends with exciting attack on the fort, bad guy gets his in spades, and Brady picking the right gal for marriage. The movie is no deep drama by any means, but it moves very quickly, nice to look at in a 1950's avante garde way, some (not all) of the outdoor sets are really on a studio sound stage so there are paintings as backdrops that are VERY obvious. Fun movie though to enjoy for what it is.