The Shepherd of the Hills
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Albert Rogell
Director
Alec B. Francis
David Howitt, The Shepherd
Molly O'day
Sammy Lane
John Boles
Young Matt
Matthew Betz
Wash Gibbs
Romaine Fielding
Old Matt
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
Jan
1,
1928
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright (New York, 1907).
Synopsis
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. The miraculous coming of the rains restores their faith, and the father of the betrayed girl relents in his thirst for vengeance when The Shepherd confesses his son's guilt.
Director
Albert Rogell
Director
Cast
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
Marian Douglas
Maggie
John Westwood
The Artist
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Drama
Release Date
Jan
1,
1928
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Shepherd of the Hills by Harold Bell Wright (New York, 1907).
