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The Light in the Forest

NR

July 8, 1958

Classics, Drama, Family, Live Action

The year is 1764 when a peace treaty between the Delaware Indians and the British requires that all white captives be returned to their people. Johnny Butler (James MacArthur), kidnapped by the tribe when he was a child and renamed True Son, is forced against his will to return to his white family in Pennsylvania. His escort, frontiersman Del Hardy (Fess Parker) and Shenandoe, a beautiful servant girl (Carol Lynley, in her feature film debut), try to help the boy adjust to his new way of life. But the white man's injustice and cruelty drive him back to the Delawares, where even greater dangers await him!

Rated: NR
Release Date: July 8, 1958

  • Cast

    Wendell Corey, Jessica Tandy, Fess Parker, Joanne Dru, James MacArthur
  • not rated
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