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Attacked by a bear while scouting the Dacotah territory, Ojibway warrior Hiawatha (Ben Casey’s Vince Edwards) is nursed back to health by Minnehaha (Yvette Duguay), the daughter of the tribe’s arrow maker.
Falling in love, the two marry and return to the Ojibway village, where hot-headed brave Pau-Puk-Keewis (Keith Larsen) incites a war between the two nations. Learning his mother died because of the chief of the Dacotahs, Hiawatha is forced to choose between his tribe and his squaw in this action-packed frontier adventure.
Directed by Kurt Neumann (Kronos, The Fly), Hiawatha was produced by Walter Mirisch, Allied Artists’ head of production. Co-founding The Mirisch Company in 1957—producers of Some Like It Hot, The Great Escape and dozens more—he continued to make films under his own name as well, including Man of the West, Hawaii and In the Heat of the Night, the 1967 "Best Picture" Oscar winner.
Original Release
12/28/1952
US Release
12/28/1952
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Vince Edwards | Hiawatha / Hiawatha (as Vincent Edwards) |
Yvette Duguay | Minnehaha |
Keith Larsen | Pau PukKeewis |
Morris Ankrum | Iagoo |
Eugene Iglesias | Chibiabos (as Gene Iglesias) / Chibiabos |
Ian MacDonald | Chief Megissogwon |
Stuart Randall | Mudjekeewis |
Katherine Emery | Nokomis |
Stephen Chase | Lakku |
Armando Silvestre | Kwasind |
Directors
Writers
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Daniel B. Ullman, Arthur Strawn
Cast
Name | Character |
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Vince Edwards | Hiawatha / Hiawatha (as Vincent Edwards) |
Yvette Duguay | Minnehaha |
Keith Larsen | Pau PukKeewis |
Morris Ankrum | Iagoo |
Eugene Iglesias | Chibiabos (as Gene Iglesias) / Chibiabos |
Ian MacDonald | Chief Megissogwon |
Stuart Randall | Mudjekeewis |
Katherine Emery | Nokomis |
Stephen Chase | Lakku |
Armando Silvestre | Kwasind |
Michael Tolan | Neyadji / Ajawac |
Richard Bartlett | Chunung |
Michael Granger | Ajawac |
Robert Bice | Wabeek |
Eugene Peterson | Hikon |
Henry Corden | Ottobang |
Steve Conte | Minor Role |
Bernie Gozier | Illinois Warrior |
Gary Lee Jackson | Child |
Chabon Jadi | Dancer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard V. Heermance | Producer |
Walter Mirisch | Producer |