The Shepherd of the Hills

Directed by Henry Hathaway

With John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi and James Barton

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.