Hawk of the Hills (1927)--Colorized feature version (1929)

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Hawk of the Hills is a 1927 American silent Western film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.[1]Colorized Silent Movie: Hawk of the Hills - In this classic 1929 Western, a grizzled old prospector finally strikes it rich, but his newfound wealth attracts a band of outlaws led by a mysterious half-breed known as the Hawk, who’ll stop at nothing to steal the gold.

Hawk of the Hills (1929)
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Writers: George Arthur Gray
Stars: Allene Ray, Walter Miller, Jack Ganzhorn
Genre: Western
Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 1929 (United States)
Filming Location: San Bernardino Mountains, California, USA

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.

Cast

Allene Ray as Mary
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 Colonel Jennings
J. Parks Jones as Lieutenant MacCready
Frederick Dana as Larry
John T. Prince as The Hermit
Whitehorse (as Chief Whitehorse)
George Magrill
Evangeline Russell as Indian Maiden
Chief Yowlachie as Chief Long Hand

Chapter titles

The Outlaws
In the Talons of the Hawk
Heroes in Blue
The Attack
The Danger Trail
The Death Menace of Lost Canyon
Demons of the Darkness
Doomed to the Arrows
The House of Horror
The Triumph of Law and Order

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