The Shepherd of the Hills

Jan 1, 1928

1h 30m

★ 0.0

Your Applause Will Resound Like the Thunder in the Hills!

Overview

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.

Genres

Western

Drama

Production Companies

First National Pictures

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Cast

David Howitt, The Shepherd

Alec B. Francis

Sammy Lane

Molly O'Day

Young Matt

John Boles

Wash Gibbs

Matthew Betz

Old Matt

Romaine Fielding

By Thunder

Otis Harlan

Ollie

Joseph Bennett

Little Pete

Maurice Murphy

Aunt Mollie

Edythe Chapman

Jim Lane

Carl Stockdale

Maggie

Ena Gregory

The Artist

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