Hawk of the Hills (1929)

Hawk of the Hills

1929

Western

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Cast

Allene Ray as Mary Selby

Frank Lackteen as The Hawk

Frederick Dana as Larry

Harry Semels as Sheckard

J. Parks Jones as Lieutenant

Jack Ganzhorn as Henry Selby

Jack Pratt as Colonel

Paul Panzer as Manson