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The Hawk’s Nest
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Benjamin Christensen

Cast: Milton Sills [John Finchley, also known as The Hawk], Doris Kenyon [Madelon Arden], Montagu Love [Dan Daugherty], Mitchell Lewis [James Kent], Stuart Holmes [Barney McGuire], Sojin (Sojin Kamiyama) [himself], Tom Amandares [a Chinese henchman], James Bradbury Jr. [a gangster], Lon Poff [a nightclub customer]

First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Picture]. / Scenario by James T. O’Donohoe, from a screen story by Wid Gunning. Art direction by Max Parker. Cinematography by Sol Polito. Film editor, Frank Ware. Intertitles written by Casey Robinson. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / Released 27 May 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 January 2025.

References: Mottram-Danish p. 111 : Website-IMDb.