Hawk of the Hills

Mar 16, 1929

0h 58m

★ 4.0

Overview

Hawk of the Hills (1927), a ten episode serial, re-edited into a five-reel feature length version released in 1929. Newhall, California. A band of Indians led by the half-breed 'The Hawk' terrorizes prospectors in a valley. When the old prospector Clyde Selby hits the mother lode, The Hawk plans to kidnap his pretty blond daughter Mary Selby. This kidnapping actually proves one of the lesser of the perils faced by the poor Mary. Laramie, a government agent, wants with the help of his friendly Shoshone Indian friends to extricate the damsel-in-distress.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Pathé Exchange

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Cast

Mary Selby

Allene Ray

Laramie

Walter Miller

Henry Selby

Jack Ganzhorn

The Hawk

Frank Lackteen

Manson

Paul Panzer

Shorty

Wally Oettel

Sheckard

Harry Semels

Colonel

Jack Pratt

Lieutenant

J. Parks Jones

Larry

Frederick Dana

The Hermit

John T. Prince

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