TY - SER
KW - Native Americans
KW - Pontiac's Rebellion
KW - Henry Bouquet (1719-65)
KW - ministers
KW - captives of Native Americans
KW - Scottish Americans
KW - Black Americans
KW - Protestants
AU - Lawrence Edward Watkin
AB - A film adaptation of Conrad Richter’s 1953 novel in which Lenape Indians abduct young John Butler (James McArthur) from Central Pennsylvania and raise him in Ohio as a chief’s son. After Pontiac’s Rebellion, Henry Bouquet (Stephen Bekassy) rescues Butler, now 15, and returns him to Ft. Pitt, where he is confused about his identity, rebels against Europeans, and yearns to return to his tribe.
C1 - 1765
C2 - unpublished
C3 - Allegheny Mountains; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Ft. Pitt; Bedford County; Beaver County; Somerset County; Westmoreland County
C4 - Children’s; Young Adult; Historical; Captivity; War; Western
LA - English
M3 - Screenplay
N1 - Based on the novel by Conrad Richter (1890-1968).
N2 - A film adaptation of Conrad Richter’s 1953 novel in which Lenape Indians abduct young John Butler (James McArthur) from Central Pennsylvania and raise him in Ohio as a chief’s son. After Pontiac’s Rebellion, Henry Bouquet (Stephen Bekassy) rescues Butler, now 15, and returns him to Ft. Pitt, where he is confused about his identity, rebels against Europeans, and yearns to return to his tribe.
PY - 1958
RN - Lawrence Watkin (1901-1981), born in New York, was a screenwriter and film producer best known for his work with Walt Disney films in the 1950s. He died in California.
EP - 1958
TI - The Light in the Forest
ER -