Film Gorillas
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Approved | 30min | Adventure, Western | TV Series (1957)

A young woman with a past and a Seneca Chief attempt to stir the Iroquois into war with the settlers.

Director: Sam Newfield

Writer: Charles R. Marion

Stars: John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr., Pegeen Rose
Transcript
00:00The immortal pen of James F. Cooper brings you thrilling tales of excitement, blazing
00:14action on the early American frontier, stirring adventures filled with the daring and courage
00:21of Hawkeye, first of the Long Rifles, and his blood brother, Chinguchkuk, last of the
00:30Mohicans.
00:37I guess those rumors that Colonel Sanford heard about the tribes uniting for war aren't
01:00just rumors.
01:01Noble Chief of the Ottawa, Chippewa, Tuscarora, I, Kubaka, Chief of the Seneca, bid you welcome
01:11to our village.
01:13We gather here in sacred cause to again unite our tribes as one mighty Iroquois nation and
01:21set our tomahawks against white invader.
01:29Together we will sweep him off land and drive him into sea.
01:34Kubaka speaks words filled with the impatience of the young.
01:37He is a brave and noble warrior who laughs at death, but has he the cunning and the wisdom
01:43to lead us into battle against the white man?
01:46Kubaka would never dare claim wisdom and cunning of the great chief who will lead our braves
01:51into battle.
01:55It is prophecy of Geechee Manitou, great god of our people, that one day a great chief
02:02will return from happy hunting ground to inspire our braves to glorious victory over white
02:08man.
02:09Our approaches.
02:10The great chief returns to us and we will follow him to victory over our enemies.
02:18Of what great chief do you speak?
02:21The one and only leader of the Iroquois nation.
02:24Pontiac.
02:25He's been dead for nigh unto two years.
02:30He asked me that Kubaka's been chomping on too many elderberries.
02:35Indians believe dead warrior can come back.
02:39Let's get moving.
02:40We'll get this bit of information back where it'll do some good.
02:48It's incredible.
02:49Do you believe it, Hawkeye?
02:50Well, if I did, I'd believe in wood nymphs, too.
02:53They're a heap prettier.
02:54And what about you, Chingasko?
02:56You should know about these things.
02:58Nobody can come back from happy hunting ground, but Indian is superstitious, can be made to
03:03believe.
03:04I quite agree with you.
03:05The whole thing's preposterous, coming back from the dead.
03:08We know it and you know it, Colonel Sanford, but those Indian tribes are getting all steamed
03:13up.
03:14Doesn't look like anyone's giving them the message.
03:16Well, one thing is certain, if we are in for an uprising, we must be ready for it.
03:23Where do you think they'll gather their forces, Hawkeye?
03:25Well, I'd say just about in here, Colonel.
03:27That makes Fort Reliance the first line of defense.
03:30If it falls, the Iroquois will overrun every white settlement in the territory.
03:35It must be defended at any cost.
03:37Hawkeye!
03:38Chingasko!
03:39Why didn't you tell me you were here?
03:44Well now, Jamie, we didn't rightly get a chance to...
03:47Really, Jamie, you shouldn't interrupt when your father's having a meeting.
03:53Hawkeye and Chingasko are my very best friends.
03:59Next to you, of course.
04:01Of course.
04:02Please forgive the intrusion.
04:03Since when did a son intrude upon his father?
04:06Hawkeye, this is Miss Parrish, Jamie's new governess.
04:10This is Hawkeye and this is Chingasko.
04:12How do you do?
04:13Nicely, thank you, ma'am.
04:14Hawkeye?
04:15When can we go out to shoot squirrels?
04:17When can we?
04:18Hold on.
04:19You're a little young yet.
04:20Why, you told me you shot your first bear when you were six.
04:23Sixteen.
04:24I was in self-defense.
04:26Things were a little different when I was a sprout.
04:29Chingasko, you said you'd teach me how to shoot a bow and arrow.
04:33When young papoose grow into big, brave, big enough to pull bow, then I teach.
04:39Be a good boy and run along now, Jamie.
04:41You'll see Hawkeye and Chingasko when they get back.
04:43Are they leaving again?
04:45They're always going away.
04:47Well, this time they're going on a very important mission.
04:50Come along now, Jamie.
04:56Now, to get back to the business at hand, Hawkeye,
04:59I'll have to ask you and Chingasko to go with all possible speed to Fort Reliance
05:03and from there proceed with the detachment of soldiers to our arsenal here...
05:06I know where it is, Colonel.
05:07Will you take me hunting tomorrow?
05:10Sure will.
05:11Promise?
05:12Well, if I don't, I hope I turn into a raccoon.
05:14Get along with you, young man.
05:16Goodbye, Hawkeye.
05:18Goodbye, Chingasko.
05:20Bye.
05:21I'll be waiting for you.
05:28I know you shut me up for security reasons, Hawkeye,
05:31but after all, Miss Parrish is like one of the family.
05:34And a woman at that.
05:35Well, my grandpappy always told me never to trust him.
05:39Like all squaw, talk too much.
05:42Yes, well, unless you're afraid of the wolves having ears,
05:45I'd like to go back to where we left off.
05:47Now, you will proceed with the soldiers to this point here.
05:50Red River?
05:51I didn't know you had an arsenal there, Colonel.
05:53The best supply of arms and ammunition in this territory.
05:56Certainly enough to equip Fort Reliance to withstand any attack.
05:59Now, how long do you think it will take you to reach the fort?
06:03Tonight is night of full moon.
06:05Make good speed on trail.
06:07Maybe two suns.
06:09Excellent.
06:10Well, Godspeed, Hawkeye.
06:12Chingasko.
06:22Colonel Sanford?
06:23Yes?
06:24That Miss Parrish, has she been with you long?
06:27About two months.
06:28Do you know much about her?
06:30Only that she came to us with very excellent references.
06:33Why?
06:34Just asking.
06:35She reminded me of someone.
06:36Probably some tavern wench who served you supper at a wayside inn.
06:40Maybe you're right.
06:46Stomach growl like hungry bear.
06:48We eat before go on trail.
06:50Now I remember.
06:51You go feed that bear.
06:52I'll meet you at the bend of the river.
06:54What you do?
06:55I'm going to pay my respects to a lady.
07:07Do you mind if I come in, Miss Parrish?
07:09It's not customary for a lady to receive a man in her quarters.
07:13Maybe it would be more fitting if I called you Miss Adams.
07:22Nice living quarters you got here.
07:24Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, sir.
07:26You too.
07:27Thank you, sir.
07:28Good-bye.
07:29Good-bye.
07:30Good-bye.
07:31Good-bye.
07:32Good-bye.
07:33Good-bye.
07:34Good-bye.
07:35Here.
07:40I suppose you're going to tell the colonel who I am.
07:42Well, that depends.
07:44Hawkeye, please believe me when I tell you how much I want to live down my past.
07:49It's a pretty big past you've got to live down.
07:51But it's behind me.
07:53When I left Martinville and came here, I...
07:56I hoped I'd have another chance at living a respectable life.
08:00Is that too much to ask?
08:02Well, I guess everybody's entitled to another chance.
08:05You've had a whole parcel of chances.
08:08I recollect that young fella in Martinville blew his brains out.
08:12Gambling money that wasn't rightly his.
08:14Heard later that you'd promised to go away with him if he got lucky.
08:17And there's that married man in Greenwood.
08:20Gonna leave his wife and three kids to take up with you.
08:23Till the women got together and ran you out of town.
08:25Hawkeye, please.
08:26Who knows what else?
08:28You've got a mighty big past to live down.
08:30All right. Tell him who I am. Tell him all about me.
08:33I'll pack my things and leave.
08:36That's not necessary.
08:38I don't aim to talk you down.
08:42Hawkeye, I...
08:43You behave yourself and I won't allow as I ever set eyes on you before.
08:48But if you try anything, so help me, I promise you, you'll live to regret it.
08:54Thanks, Hawkeye.
08:56No thanks necessary, Miss Parrish.
08:58You just live your life here decent like and that'll be thanks enough.
09:59Hawkeye, raise hands.
10:03Seeing as how you know my name, I guess it's me you want.
10:06No more talk. Go.
10:28Go.
10:59There's an easier way out, Hawkeye.
11:10I might have known. Leopard doesn't change its spots.
11:13Even in buckskins.
11:15I suppose you had Chingagook ambushed, too.
11:17You followed his trail just like I knew you would.
11:20You're going to take us to that island.
11:22I'm going to take you there.
11:24You followed his trail just like I knew you would.
11:27You're going to take us to that arsenal you were so careful not to have the colonel mention.
11:32Pontiac and his braves have much more need for those arms than Fort Reliance.
11:36Pontiac? Up to now, you've been putting men into their graves.
11:40When did you start digging them up?
11:42Your sense of humor is amusing, Hawkeye.
11:45You know, the Iroquois, in many respects, are like children full of childish superstitions.
11:50They believe their legends.
11:52Even the one that promises the return of Pontiac from the dead.
11:56Seems to me, steaming up Indian tribes is a little out of your line.
12:01Maybe you like the thought of living in a wigwam, wrapped in an Iroquois blanket the rest of your life.
12:06Not a blanket, Hawkeye, but minks and otters.
12:10Lots and lots of minks and otters.
12:13What makes you think you can get away with it?
12:15I have help. An ambitious young Indian, chief of all the Senecas.
12:19Kabaka. I might have known he'd be your hatchet man.
12:23I'm counting on other help, Hawkeye. You.
12:27Me?
12:29I need a man like you to follow through for me.
12:33You know how I feel about you? I've always felt this way.
12:39Show us the way to the guns and powder.
12:42After we've helped Pontiac in his graves, we'll go away together and live a life of luxury.
12:50Just you and me.
12:54You and me going away together is about as loony a notion as you thinking you can dig Pontiac up from the grave.
13:02You're a fool, Hawkeye. And I have no use for fools.
13:08Take him to the torture stake.
13:28Enough.
13:34You had enough?
13:37Other ways of making you talk, my friend.
13:41Bring them all he can.
14:02My brother not worry. Whiplash not make me talk.
14:06I wasn't a might worry.
14:08Your friend's about to die. Slowly.
14:12Lash him.
14:32That's enough.
14:34Will you take us to the arsenal?
14:37Cut them down.
14:51What's going on?
14:53He comes. The word of Manitou is fulfilled.
15:00Pontiac.
15:02Noble Chief, the day has come.
15:06Your great Chief Pontiac has answered his destiny and has come to lead you into battle.
15:11Since the great Pontiac returned from the happy hunting ground, he has been shrouded in silence.
15:16Why should the white woman be the great Pontiac's tongue?
15:20Why can he not speak for himself?
15:23The heart of your great Chief is heavy with pain because of the great wrongs done his red brothers by the white invaders.
15:30The hurt within him has sealed his lips.
15:33Pontiac is here to lead us, but great Chief though he is, our braves cannot fight the white soldiers' guns with tomahawks.
15:40Pontiac needs no counsel in the art of war, Aganu.
15:44Why do you think he had the woodsman known as Hawkeye and the Mohican brought here?
15:49Because they know where the white man keeps his guns and powder.
15:53The Iroquois nation will reward the white woman.
15:56When the Iroquois again possesses the land which is rightfully his, this will be my reward.
16:07Guns in hands of Iroquois. Bad medicine.
16:11My brother Hawkeye, not speak under whiplash. Why he talk to save me?
16:17I told you to stop fretting about it.
16:19If I hadn't told him I'd take him to an arsenal, they'd have stripped your back like a venison steak.
16:23Me not mind to die, to save many lives.
16:26Now if you go to the happy hunting ground, who's going to cook my vittles?
16:31We were sworn soldiers at arsenal.
16:34Stop fretting about it. There won't be any soldiers at the arsenal we're taking him to.
17:18Well, you passed off that simple-minded Iroquois for Pontiac and do credit to one of them lawyer fellas from Philadelphia.
17:25You can make Indians believe anything they want to believe.
17:28Yeah, you're proving your point about that.
17:31Imagine being lucky enough to find an Indian who's the spitting image of Pontiac.
17:36Got the mind of a child too.
17:38You might call it luck at that.
17:41I found the big oaf wandering around begging for food.
17:45But you must admit it's an ingenious plan I made work.
17:49Yeah, if you think nothing of the innocent lives it'll cost.
17:54Not my life.
17:58Or yours, Hawkeye.
18:02Now you're being a weak dependent woman again.
18:06Why don't you swallow your foolish pride, Hawkeye?
18:10I've swallowed mine.
18:12I can't help feeling the way I do about you.
18:15And if I don't do exactly as you say, there's always the torture stake to show me the error of my ways.
18:21There'll be no torture stake where we're going.
18:24When we're rich enough, we'll move on.
18:26We'll travel to London, Paris, Madrid, Venice.
18:30Have you ever seen a Venetian moon while drifting in a gondola on a canal?
18:36Now the last time I remember paying any heed to the moon, I was drifting down a creek on a log raft.
18:42A band of urines had enough light to get a bead on me.
18:45You know, sometimes you sound as if you like the life you lead here among the backwoods, dirty-faced wretches.
18:50Those backwoods, dirty-faced wretches are building a nation.
18:54They're good people.
18:57Why are we stopping here?
18:59This is it.
19:00This is what?
19:01The arsenal.
19:03What kind of a trick is this?
19:05The only military arsenal I've ever seen was bristling with soldiers.
19:09You don't need guards for something you can't find in the first place.
19:13Chingage cook.
19:27You'll find what you're looking for in there.
19:29Well, I didn't think the colonel was capable of such cleverness.
19:33Kubaka, bring some of your braves and follow us.
19:35The rest of you stay here and guard the entrance.
19:37Zaha, Yak.
19:39Lead the way.
19:40All right.
19:56So you really think you can get away with a fool cause like this?
20:00The only cause I'm interested in is my own game.
20:03What if those Iroquois out there know that?
20:06They never will.
20:07They'll continue to believe in me until they serve their use.
20:10They won't be liking it when they find out their Pontiacs are fake.
20:14Something you made up to get what you want out of them.
20:17They'll have no way of knowing that until it's too late.
20:20Now take me to the guns.
20:26Let's go.
20:43What is this?
20:45There's the guns and powder I promised you.
20:52There's not enough powder there to supply more than two men.
20:55It's fine enough for me and Cheney's group to go on a hunting trip.
21:00A very clever ruse, Hawkeye.
21:02But if you think stalling for time will help you, you're wrong.
21:05I can assure you, you've only delayed matters slightly.
21:08Well, I promised to take you to the arts mill.
21:11This is ours.
21:12You've tricked me for the last time.
21:15Bring them outside.
21:26Seize them.
21:31He tricked us. There are no guns here.
21:37Pontiac orders you to seize them.
21:40Don't you, Pontiac?
21:45He is not Pontiac.
21:47What do you mean?
21:49Certainly he's Pontiac, your chief.
21:52The white woman has betrayed herself.
21:54Betrayed myself?
21:56I don't know what you're talking about.
21:58It isn't too tough to figure out.
22:00I knew if you kept yapping long enough, you'd yap yourself into trouble.
22:03That cave has an echo.
22:05These Indians and their chiefs heard every word you said in there.
22:12Kind of puts an end to your uprising, Cavaca.
22:15What do you mean?
22:17Without guns, without a chief, I don't see you getting very far.
22:20I don't see you getting very far.
22:22Long rifle speaks with a wise tongue.
22:25We will take the white woman back to our village for punishment.
22:29You can't do that, Ogonu.
22:31The white woman will be punished by white man's law.
22:34I give you my word on it.
22:38Hawkeye's words are good medicine.
22:40Cavaca.
22:44You have brought shame on the Iroquois nation.
22:51You cannot be condemned.
22:53You have the mind of a child.
22:57We will take you back to your people.
23:02Take them away.
23:15Farewell.
23:21We better get started, Miss Parrish.
23:23What are you going to do with me?
23:25The only thing I can do, take you to the capital where you'll be tried for treason.
23:29Treason?
23:31Won't have much of a chance, will I?
23:33Better for you, white man's trial, than Indian justice.
23:38I'm sorry.
23:40I'm rightly sorry.
23:51Join us again at this same time next week...
23:54...for another of James Fenimore Cooper's gripping tales of the early American frontier.
23:59Another exciting adventure of Hawkeye and his blood brother, Chingachkuk.
24:05Last of the Mohicans.
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