The Shepherd of the Hills
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Ben Parker
Richard Arlen
James W. Middleton
Sherry Lynn
James Collie
Lloyd Durre
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Daniel Howitt, a kind and gentle stranger among the mountain folk of the Missouri hills, is befriended by the Matthewses, an Ozark family. Years earlier, his son Howard deserted Old Matt Matthews' daughter, Maggie, who died in childbirth. Daniel now hopes to expiate his son's betrayal. Sammy Lane, a backwoods girl, and Young Matt Matthews are in love, but Sammy is pledged by the code of the hills to marry Ollie Stewart, a country boy turned city sophisticate. At a party celebrating his return, Ollie overhears Wash Gibbs and Jess Lane, members of the Bald Mountain gang, drunkenly brag about robbing the Roark County Bank; in the course of the crime Wash killed a teller. The sheriff, alerted by Ollie, forms a posse and surrounds the gang at their hideout. Although wounded in a shoot-out, Wash escapes and stumbles upon Pete Matthews, Daniel's young runaway grandson. As Wash holds Peter hostage, Howard emerges from the darkness and kills Wash. Fatally wounded during the confrontation, Howard tells Pete to show Daniel the gold he has mined during his years in seclusion. After confessing his son's guilt, Daniel is forgiven by Old Matt. The gold is used to help the drought-stricken community, while Young Matt and Sammy prepare to marry, having learned from Daniel that the only code that binds is love.
Director
Ben Parker
Cast
Richard Arlen
James W. Middleton
Sherry Lynn
James Collie
Lloyd Durre
Hal Meadows
James Bradford
Joy N. Houck Jr.
Gilbert Elmore
George Jackson
Delores James
Danny Spurlock
Reubin Egan
Tom Pope
Roy Idom
Jim Teague
Roger Nash
Jim Greene
Crew
Gene Corso
Marcell Greco
Gregg Hunter
Henry Kokojan
Nancy Maurer
H. B. Mccullough
Jim Mccullough
Sterling Merritt
Cap Middleton
Don Mitchell
Leroy Robbins
Ted Saizis
Vincent Saizis
Shepherd Of The Hills Farm (branson, Mo)
Silver Dollar City (branson, Mo)
Marlin Skiles
Marlin Skiles
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Filmed in and around Branson, Missouri. Earlier screen versions of Wright's novel released in 1928 and 1941. Rereleased as Thunder Mountain; running time: 108 min.
