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The Shepherd of the Hills
MEANRANK
66/100
Every rating
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 64, highest is Letterboxd on 70.
See the most agreed on films →A mysterious stranger arrives in the Ozark Mountains, a region haunted by a local legend and a history of feuding. He keeps to himself, but his presence gradually begins to heal old wounds and bring peace to the community, forcing him to confront the secrets of his own past.
Details
- Director
- Henry Hathaway
- Writers
- Grover Jones, Stuart Anthony
- Based on
- a work by Harold Bell Wright
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 18 July 1941
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rated
- NR
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