When Daniel Howitt (Harry Carey), a kindly stranger, arrives in a remote Ozark community riven by hatred, he befriends young Sammy (Betty Field) and raises the ire of her fiancé, Matt (John Wayne / James Barton), a bitter moonshiner who has sworn to kill his own father.
Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross (2025)
Bertrand Tavernier on 'The Shepherd of the Hills' (2017): archival appreciation by the celebrated filmmaker and critic, presented with English subtitles for the first time
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