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Title:

The shepherd of the hills / Paramount Pictures, Inc. ; screenplay by Grover Jones and Stuart Anthony ; directed by Henry Hathaway.

Publisher:

Kino Lorber,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Wright, Harold Bell,--1872-1944--Film adaptations.
Clergy--Ozark Mountains--Drama.
Clergy.
United States--Ozark Mountains.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Western films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Western films.
Film adaptations.

Other Authors:

Kino Lorber, Inc., publisher.
Hathaway, Henry, 1898-1985, film director.
Jones, Grover, 1893-1940, screenwriter.
Anthony, Stuart, 1891-1942, screenwriter.
Wayne, John, 1907-1979, actor.
Carey, Harry, 1878-1947, actor.
Field, Betty, 1918-1973, actor.
Bondi, Beulah, 1892-1981, actor.
Bond, Ward, 1903-1960, actor.
Lawrence, Marc, 1910-2005, actor.
Greene, W. Howard (William Howard), cinematographer.
Long, Charles, cinematographer.
Hoagland, Ellsworth, editor.
Carbonara, Gerard, 1886-1959, composer.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Wright, Harold Bell, 1872-1944. Shepherd of the hills.

Other Titles:

container of (work): Shepherd of the hills (Motion picture)

Notes:

John Wayne, Harry Carey, Betty Field, Beulah Bondi, Ward Bond, Marc Lawrence. Title from disc label. Based on the novel by Harold Bell Wright. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1941. Special features: audio commentary by film critic and author Simon Abrams; theatrical trailer.

Summary:

Burdened from boyhood by a family tragedy, hillbilly moonshiner Matt Mathews₂ life is driven by the need to avenge his mother₂s abandonment by an uncaring father. The arrival of a stranger causes alarm. This stranger has healing ways that begin to alter the face of the community. Rejected by the locals, he is befriended by Matt₂s girlfriend who learns the secret of his healing powers. The heated confrontation between the two men leads to a startling climax that threatens to tear the town apart.

Series:

KL studio classics

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1200164232

UPC:

738329251314

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)