Winners of the Wilderness is a 1927 American silent war drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Tim McCoy and Joan Crawford. In this costume drama, set during the French and Indian War (1754–1763), Rene Contrecouer (Crawford), the daughter of a French general falls for a soldier of fortune (McCoy). The film was photographed mostly in black and white, but one scene was in color by Technicolor.
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Cast
Tim McCoy – Colonel Sir Dennis O'Hara
Joan Crawford – Rene Contrecoeur
Edward Connelly – General Contrecoeur
Roy D'Arcy – Captain Dumas
Louise Lorraine – Mimi
Edward Hearn – General George Washington
Tom O'Brien – Timothy
Will Walling – General Edward Braddock
Frank Currier – Governor de Vaudreuil
Lionel Belmore – Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia
Chief John Big Tree – Chief Pontiac
Crew
David Townsend - Set Designer