The Shepherd of the Hills
- Released on
Drama, Western
•- Runtime
- 98 mins
(49 votes)
Young Matt Matthews, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt's mother and left her to die. His obsession contributes to the hatred rampant in the mountains. However, the arrival of a stranger, Daniel Howitt, begins to positively affect the mountain people, who learn to shed their hatred under his gentle influence.
Young Matt Matthews, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt's mother and left her to die. His obsession contributes to the hatred rampant in the mountains. However, the arrival of a stranger, Daniel Howitt, begins to positively affect the mountain people, who learn to shed their hatred under his gentle influence.
Cast
- John Wayne
- Betty Field
- Harry Carey
- Beulah Bondi
- James Barton
- Samuel S. Hinds
- Marjorie Main
- Ward Bond
- Marc Lawrence
- John Qualen
- Fuzzy Knight
- Tom Fadden
- Olin Howland
- Dorothy Adams
- Virita Campbell
- Fern Emmett
- Charles Middleton
- Selmer Jackson
Director
- Henry Hathaway
Producers
- Jack Moss
Screenwriter
- Grover Jones
- Stuart Anthony
