Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk

Lana (Magdelana)

Gilbert Martin

Mrs. Mc Klennar

Christian Reall

Caldwell

Mary Reall

Mrs. Weaver

Reverend Rosenkrantz

John Weaver

Gen. Nicholas Herkimer

Joe Boleo

Adam Hartman

Mrs. Demooth

Dr. Petry

Innkeeper

Jacob Small

Amos Hartman (as J. Ronald Pennick)

George Weaver

Dr. Robert Johnson

Capt. Mark Demooth

Mrs. Reall (as Elizabeth Jones)

Daisy

Rev. Daniel Gros

Mr. Borst

Mrs. Borst

Commander of Colonial Troops (uncredited)

Native American (uncredited)

Boy in Wedding (uncredited)

Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

General (uncredited)

Capt. Morgan

Paymaster (uncredited)

Linda Darnell was initially set to co-star.

The Iroquois Confederation was split in its loyalties during the Revolution. The Oneidas sided with the Americans while the Mohawks and Senecas joined with the Hurons and Nipissing First Nation (Ojibwas and Algonquins) on the side of the British.

The real William Caldwell (c. 1750-1822), who is played in the film by John Carradine, is based on a Scots-Irish immigrant who settled initially in Pennsylvania and fought in several wars on the British Indian side. He is noted as having fought in the Battle of German Flats in the Mohawk Valley as part of the loyalist Butler's Rangers, although nothing is known about his participation, if any, in the Battle of Oriskany. During the Revolutionary War he also fought in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Although it is suggested that Blueback killed him in this film, he survived to fight on the British side in the War of 1812.

When the Indians first attack the settlers during the land clearing, the first Indian to shoot at the fleeing settlers fires a musket shot and then falls down as though shot before anyone returns fire.

At the end of the movie, the characters are shown seeing the stars and stripes for the first time. In fact, the national flag was adopted in June 1777 and Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown was in October 1781, at which point, American forces had been using the flag for more than 4 years.

When Gil is running to the next fort for help he crosses a stream with the 3 Indians in hot pursuit. The next scene shows him running into the woods and his pant legs are completely dry.

Reverend Rosenkrantz: O Almighty God, hear us, we beseech Thee, and bring succor and guidance to those we are about to bring to Your divine notice. First we are thinking of Mary Walaber. She is only 16 years old, but she is keeping company with a soldier from Fort Dayton. He's a Massachusetts man, and Thou knowest no good can come of that.

Innkeeper: [Humorously to Gil and Lana about Caldwell] ... and that patch over his eye - I bet he lost it trying to see something that was none of his business.

Mrs. McKlennar: Your thoughts are your own property, Martin, but keep them to yourself.