THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS - LE

THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS - LE

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(Henry Hathaway, 1941)
Release date: 20 January 2025
Limited Edition Blu-ray (UK premiere)

Henry Hathaway (Go West Young Man) directs John Wayne (Jet Pilot), Betty Field (7 Women), Harry Carey (You and Me), and Beulah Bondi (Remember the Night) in the classic 1941 melodrama The Shepherd of the Hills.

When Daniel Howitt (Carey), a kindly stranger, arrives in a remote Ozark community riven by hatred, he befriends young Sammy (Field) and raises the ire of her fiancé, Matt (Wayne), a bitter moonshiner who has sworn to kill his own father.

Based on the best-selling novel by Harold Bell Wright, and boasting ravishing cinematography by Charles Lang (The Long Gray Line) and W Howard Greene (The Magnificent Seven), Hathaway’s version of The Shepherd of the Hills was the third of no fewer than four big-screen adaptations, and was Wayne’s first film in Technicolor.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

  • High Definition remaster
  • Original mono audio
  • Audio commentary with academic and curator Eloise Ross (2025)
  • Bertrand Tavernier on ‘The Shepherd of the Hills’ (2017): archival appreciation by the celebrated filmmaker and critic, presented with English subtitles for the first time
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
  • New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Rick Burin, an archival report on the film and source novel’s Ozark setting, an extract from an interview with Henry Hathaway, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and full film credits
  • UK premiere on Blu-ray
  • Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK

All features subject to change

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BBFC cert: PG
REGION B
EAN: 5060697924824

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