The Shepherd of the Hills

The Shepherd of the Hills

Your Applause Will Resound Like the Thunder in the Hills!

NR 1928 · 90 min · ★ 7.0 · Western, Drama

David Howitt, a stranger, comes among the mountain folk of the Missouri hills and, taken in by an Ozark family, becomes known as The Shepherd because of his gentle and kindly ways. Years earlier, his son betrayed a mountaineer's daughter, and The Shepherd hopes to atone for his error. When a continued drought threatens the people with starvation and ruin, they lose faith in the "miracle man" and mock him, though he begs them to keep the faith.

Directed by Albert S. Rogell · Written by Marion Jackson

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Alec B. Francis David Howitt, The Shepherd
Molly O'Day Sammy Lane
John Boles Young Matt
Matthew Betz Wash Gibbs
Romaine Fielding Old Matt
Otis Harlan By Thunder
Joseph Bennett Ollie
Maurice Murphy Little Pete
Edythe Chapman Aunt Mollie
Carl Stockdale Jim Lane
Ena Gregory Maggie
John Westwood The Artist

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