Local author James Fenimore Cooper's Last of the Mohicans was adapted for television for the first time in nearly 20 years, and the first in animated form, for CBS' Famous Classic Tales, airing on Thanksgiving Day (November 27), 1975.
Hanna-Barbera's Australian division, later to adopt the name Southern Star, produced this one, and the music & cast have a familiar H-B bent. The cast includes Mike Road (Valley of the Dinosaurs) as Natty Bumppo, aka Hawkeye. Kristina Holland (ex-Funky Phantom), Frank Welker, John Stephenson, Casey Kasem, and John Doucette round out the cast. The fact that they threw in a dog tells us this was a looser adaptation of the novel.
The episode was broken down into 6 parts for the English language version. The only complete video is in Spanish. For now, we'll give you the first portion.
Given the anti-violence rules cast upon children's programming during this era, it's a wonder they did as much as they could with the guns and other weapons.
Rating: B.
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