The Shepherd of the Hills
He Tamed Their Wild Hearts With His Courage and Won Them With His Love
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7/18/1941Runtime
98 minsOverview
Young Matt Matthews, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt's mother and left her to die. His obsession contributes to the hatred rampant in the mountains. However, the arrival of a stranger, Daniel Howitt, begins to positively affect the mountain people, who learn to shed their hatred under his gentle influence.
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A stranger arrives in a hardscrabble Ozark community consumed by bitterness and violence, quietly teaching its people, especially a vengeful young man, that hatred can be transformed into healing. It's a earnest parable about the power of grace and compassion.
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