The Last of the Mohicans, later retitled Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans is a 1957 historical drama television series made for syndication by ITC Entertainment and Normandie Productions. It ran for one season of 39 half-hour monochrome episodes. The series is available on DVD and some episodes on VHS.

Plot

Loosely based on the 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, the series was released under several different names, including Hawkeye and The Last of the Mohicans.

The series was set in New York s Hudson Valley in the 1750s but was filmed in Canada. The end credits state that the series was filmed in Canada with the cooperation of The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

The series had a more realistic view of America than most series of the times. The settlers were rough and dressed in old but suitable clothes for the long hard winters in the small settlements of the new frontier. The Native Americans were more realistically portrayed too, as an intelligent people with good and bad individuals among them. Fights in the film needed more than just the odd blow as the opponents hit hard at each other, and torture was used in a number of episodes. Weapons used were normally single shot rifles and tomahawks (which often ended up in someone s back). Furs were often a motive of crime as they were the currency of the northern settlements.

Main cast

• John Hart as Nat Cutler (aka Hawkeye )
• Lon Chaney Jr. as Chingachgook

Filming locations

Outdoor scenes

Indoor scenes

Lakeshore Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Episode list

This episode list is in airdate order, based on the earliest known syndication showing of each episode in the United States.

DVD releases

On November 21, 2006, Timeless Media Group released a 2-disc best-of set featuring 10 episodes from the series.

In 2011, Network in the UK released remastered versions of all 39 episodes on a five disc DVD set, catalogue number 7953072.

Year	1957
ReleaseDate	1957-04-03
Plot	Nat Cutler, known as Hawkeye, is a fur trader. With his faithful Indian companion Chingachgook, the last of the Mohican tribe, he fights to protect settlers against the raiding Huron Indians.
Stars	John Hart, Lon Chaney Jr., Bill Walsh
Series Produced by	Leon Fromkess,Sigmund Neufeld,Irving Cummings Jr.
Series Music by	Sigmund Neufeld Jr.,Jill Campbell,Bernard Herrmann
Series Cinematography by	Eugen Schüfftan,Frank Reeves Follette,Kenneth Peach
Series Film Editing by	Dwight Caldwell,Derek Chambers,Sigmund Neufeld Jr.,Monica Collingwood
Series Casting By	Howard Milsom
Series Art Direction by	Arthur Lonergan
Series Set Decoration by	Herman N. Schoenbrun
Series Makeup Department	Irene Kent,Olga Mundick,Lee Greenway
Series Production Management	Stanley Neufeld,Bert Sternbach,Ben Hersh
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Phil Hersch,David Tomblin,Stanley Neufeld,Ralph E. Black
Series Art Department	George Bahr
Series Sound Department	Ben Winkler,George Mulholland,Sigmund Neufeld Jr.,Lyle Willey,Harold Hanks
Series Camera and Electrical Department	Frank Watts,Walter A. Sutton
Series Costume and Wardrobe Department	Malabar,Einar Bourman
Series Editorial Department	John A. Bushelman
Series Music Department	Jill Campbell
Series Script and Continuity Department	Eleanor Wright
Genres	Adventure, Western
Companies	Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Normandie Productions
Countries	Canada, UK
Languages	English
ContentRating	Approved
ImDbRating	7.4
ImDbRatingVotes	241
Keywords	character name in series title,nickname in series title,french and indian war,frontier,mohican indian