Jan 01, 1928
90 min
Full-HD

The Shepherd of the Hills (1928)

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.

Category

Western Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

First National Pictures

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

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