Cheerful Sam Katzman Western set during the French Indian Wars based on James Fenimore Cooper's prequel to The Last of the Mohicans. George Montgomery plays the Hawkeye role, Jay Silverheels is Chicganook. Uncas is a baby, and Helena Carter is the girl they escort across the forest.
There's not much escorting - the last act is mostly indoors. Carter is helping Montgomery spy for the French. There's a bit of bickering before they fall in love. Carter has a decent subplot - a guy she was engaged to has become a drunken bum married to an Indian. The French officer develops a crush on Carter and Montgomery which is cute.Carter has more to do in this than in most of her films and was only seven years younger than her co-star which is pretty good for Carter.
Unpretentious programmer fun.This was the last film of Carter's I had to see so it's nice that it's ticked off the list.
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