The Shepherd of the Hills(1928)
Your Applause Will Resound Like the Thunder in the Hills!
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.
Movie: The Shepherd of the Hills
Top 10 Billed Cast
David Howitt, The Shepherd
Sammy Lane
Young Matt
Wash Gibbs
Old Matt
By Thunder
Little Pete
Aunt Mollie
Jim Lane
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