The Shepherd of the Hills

1941 · 98 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 2,689 VOTES · DIR. Henry Hathaway

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Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 707 lines

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00:01:26 Kinda free with your powder, ain't ya?
00:04:47 No, thanks, Sammy. We got business to attend to.
00:07:42 Land with seed ticks and chinch bugs and whoopin' cough and...
00:10:23 My name's Daniel Howitt.
00:13:50 like everything has got the name of Mathews is bad, exceptin'—
00:16:32 You've given me more than that!
00:19:57 Well, no, not... not exactly. A check is a... A check is an exchange.
00:21:53 Well, uh...
00:26:28 He's ornery, just like them he watches for.
00:29:48 Yes.
00:38:32 These pants is got thorns in 'em.
00:41:15 'Cause love don't make no sense, it don't
00:44:26 Poison talk.
00:47:21 You'll get your money back. Look, Matt, this place is mine.
00:50:06 You'll never be crowded for company.
00:54:17 It would mean just one more generation of misery.
00:58:51 Get up the trail, I told ya!
01:02:58 - If you say so. - The weather's right... now.
01:05:59 that it pleases me to think about it?
01:09:26 Granny Becky's back from her operation.
01:16:17 And me a-thinkin' you was a sawed-off little one.
01:21:54 instead of sheddin' the blood that laid the curse on the Mathews from her day to this!
01:33:10 I've tended him to the best of my knowledge.
01:36:32 I'd admire to.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed707
Dialogue density7.2 lines / min
First line00:01:26
Final line01:36:32

Production Record

DirectorHenry Hathaway
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,689