Seminole (1953) on Netflix
Lieutenant Lance Caldwell is charged with killing a sentry at Fort King in Florida. His court martial hears of his efforts to keep peace with the Seminole against Major Harlan Degan.
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In 1835, Lieutenant Lance Caldwell faces a court martial at Fort King in Florida for the murder of a sentry. His court martial hears his account of the fragile peace between the settlers and the Seminole. Major Harlan Degan, the strict commander of the fort, wants the Seminole wiped out, and that aim threatens the peace. Revere Muldoon, Caldwell's childhood sweetheart, and Osceola, a Seminole chief and an old friend of the lieutenant, are in the story he tells.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Seminole (1953)
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- The character of Major Harlan Degan is based on the real life General Thomas Jesup, who eventually had to resign in disgrace over the incident. The name "Jesup" was abruptly changed to "Degan" at the last minute, only days before filming started, to prevent being sued by living descendants of Jesup.
- The ambush in which Jesup's men bayonet bales of straw disguised as sleeping people is based on a real incident between what is today Umatilla, Florida and Lake Yale, where the Seminole counter-ambushed, most of his men were killed, and Jesup was carried to safety by two of his own soldiers after being shot with an arrow.
