HAWK OF THE HILLS (1927).- -colorized with English titles

Hawk of the Hills is a 1927 American silent Western film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. It was subsequently reedited in feature format. Hawk of the Hills became a fine 1929 Western. The feature version was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. PLOT: 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. These outlaws have been terrorizing prospectors in a Caifornia 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 Mary. 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 CHAPTERS: 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 Law