
Legend of the Lost(1957)
American ne'er-do-well Joe January is hired to take Paul Bonnard on an expedition into the desert in search of treasure.


“James Fenimore Cooper's Great Adventure Classic !”
After The Deerslayer, a white man reared by the Mohicans, and his blood brother Chingachgook, a Mohican chief, save trader Harry Marsh from the hostile Huron Indians, they learn that the Hurons will attack Old Tom Hutter and his two daughters, Hetty and Judith, who live on a floating raft fort on the river.

Lex Barker
Deerslayer

Rita Moreno
Hetty Hutter

Forrest Tucker
Harry March

Cathy O'Donnell
Judith Hutter

Jay C. Flippen
Old Tom Hutter

Carlos Rivas
Chingachgook

Joseph Vitale
Huron chief

John Halloran
Old Warrior

Addison Richards

Carol Henry
The Deerslayer is a adventure, western film released in 1957 exploring themes of wilderness, colonial america. Directed by Kurt Neumann, it stars Lex Barker, Rita Moreno, Forrest Tucker. After The Deerslayer, a white man reared by the Mohicans, and his blood brother Chingachgook, a Mohican chief, save trader Harry Marsh from the hostile Huron Indians, they learn that the Hurons will attack Old Tom Hutter and his two daughters, Hetty and Judith, who live on a floating raft fort on the river.
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