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Hiawatha

Hiawatha

1952Movie⏱️ 1h 20mApproved
DramaRomanceWestern
6.2
IMDB Rating
114 votes

Ojibway tribe member Hiawatha is sent by his chief to investigate the warlike intentions of the neighboring Dakotah and Illinois tribes that routinely trespass into Ojibway territory.

Director
Kurt Neumann
Writers
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Daniel B. Ullman, Arthur Strawn
Stars
Vince Edwards, Yvette Duguay, Keith Larsen
Release Date
December 28, 1952
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 5
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Vince Edwards
Vince Edwards
as Hiawatha
Yvette Duguay
Yvette Duguay
as Minnehaha
Keith Larsen
Keith Larsen
as Pau PukKeewis
Morris Ankrum
Morris Ankrum
as Iagoo
Eugene Iglesias
Eugene Iglesias
as Chibiabos
Ian MacDonald
Ian MacDonald
as Chief Megissogwon
Stuart Randall
Stuart Randall
as Mudjekeewis
Katherine Emery
Katherine Emery
as Nokomis
Stephen Chase
Stephen Chase
as Lakku
Armando Silvestre
Armando Silvestre
as Kwasind

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Filming Location
Missoula, Montana, USA
Production
Walter Mirisch Productions

🏷️ Keywords

chippewa indiandakota indianillinois indianmurdertribal life

🎯 Categories

DramaRomanceWestern

⭐ Featured Review

Hiawatha: 'Lesserfellow' style!
by krocheav2015-05-21
4/10

"After a striking visual opening (with no main credits) combined with a fine reading along the lines of the great Henry Longfellow poem (any further resemblance beyond this point is absent) this ultra low budget Monogram flick simply ambles along...quite sadly losing its way, as it attempts to show life among the American Indian tribes before the fork- tongued 'white eye' came to 'civilize' the lands. Apart from wild animals and weather, their biggest worry was looking out for what other tribes might do to them! Lesser, or lessor. At times, some interesting musical arrangem..."

💡 Did You Know?

This was Monogram Pictures' last release.

📖 Synopsis

Ojibway tribe member Hiawatha is sent by his chief to investigate the warlike intentions of the neighboring Dakotah and Illinois tribes that routinely trespass into Ojibway territory.