
Hawk of the Hills (1927)
200 min
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.
- Release date
- March 16, 1929
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Allene Ray as Mary Selby
- Walter Miller as Laramie
- James Robert Chandler as Clyde Selby
- Jack Ganzhorn as Henry Selby
- Frank Lackteen as The Hawk
- Paul Panzer as Manson
- Wally Oettel as Shorty
- Harry Semels as Sheckard
- Jack Pratt as Col. Jennings
- J. Parks Jones as Lt. MacCready
Crew
- Spencer Gordon Bennet · Director
- George Arthur Gray · Writer
- Frank Redman · Cinematographer
- Edward Snyder · Cinematographer
- Thomas Storey · Casting director