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The Shepherd of the Hills is a 1941 American drama film starring John Wayne, Betty Field and Harry Carey.[1] The supporting cast includes Beulah Bondi, Ward Bond, Marjorie Main and John Qualen. The picture was Wayne's first film in Technicolor and was based on the novel of the same name by Harold Bell Wright. The director was Henry Hathaway, who directed several other Wayne films including True Grit almost three decades later.

The story was filmed previously in the silent era by author Wright himself in 1919, released on State Rights basis. It was filmed again, in The Shepherd of the Hills (1928 film), starring Molly O'Day at First National Pictures, and later, in color in 1964.

The film also prominently features two uncredited pieces of music. The first is used as a leit motif to represent the spirit of Young Matt's deceased mother: the Wiegenlied ("Guten Abend, gut' Nacht" [1868]) of Johannes Brahms, commonly known in English as the Brahms Lullaby. The second uncredited composition was "There's A Happy Hunting Ground," words and music copyrighted by Sam Coslow, sung by "Fuzzy" Knight, accompanied by an a cappella onscreen chorus in multi-voiced harmony; the song is sung again by the chorus alone over the closing credits.
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Screenplay by
Stuart Anthony
Grover Jones
Based on The Shepherd of the Hills
1907 novel
by Harold Bell Wright
Produced by Jack Moss
Starring
John Wayne
Betty Field
Harry Carey
Cinematography
W. Howard Greene
Charles Lang
Edited by Ellsworth Hoagland
Music by Gerard Carbonara
Production
company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
July 18, 1941
Running time 98 minutes
Country United States
Language English
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