Hawk of the Hills (1929)

5.5/10 58 min Western

Overview

Hawk of the Hills (1927), a ten episode serial, re-edited into a five-reel feature length version released in 1929. Newhall, California. A band of Indians led by the half-breed 'The Hawk' terrorizes prospectors in a valley. When the old prospector Clyde Selby hits the mother lode, The Hawk plans to kidnap his pretty blond daughter Mary Selby. This kidnapping actually proves one of the lesser of the perils faced by the poor Mary. Laramie, a government agent, wants with the help of his friendly Shoshone Indian friends to extricate the damsel-in-distress.

Cast

Allene Ray

Mary Selby

Walter Miller

Laramie

Frank Lackteen

The Hawk

Paul Panzer

Manson

Harry Semels

Sheckard

Jack Pratt

Colonel

John T. Prince

The Hermit

George Magrill

Evangeline Russell

Natomah

Chief Yowlachie

Chief White Wolf

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