Fear o' God (1926)
"The Mountain Eagle" (original title)

In the Kentucky hills a store keeper tries to win the love of an innocent schoolteacher. She runs away and seeks refuge with a hermit.

Director:

Alfred Hitchcock

Writers:

Max Ferner, Charles Lapworth (story),

Stars:

Nita Naldi, Malcolm Keen, John F. Hamilton

Cast

Credited cast:
Nita Naldi	...	Beatrice
Malcolm Keen	...	John 'Fear o' God' Fulton
John F. Hamilton	...	Edward Pettigrew
Bernhard Goetzke	...	Mr. Pettigrew
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ferdinand Martini

Storyline

Pettigrew, a shop-keeper in a mountain town of Kentucky, falls in love with the teacher, Beatrice. The girl doesn't consider him as a lover, so he gets angry and accuses her of molesting his son Edward who has a mental illness. The girl marries the hermit, Fear O'God Fulton in order to calm the people's anger and day by day she falls in love with her husband and a child is born. Pettigrew hides Edward and charges the hermit with his son's murder. Fear O'God is imprisoned but he escapes and takes refuge in the mountain with his wife and son.

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Plot Keywords:

rural | lost film

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Genres:

Romance | Thriller

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Details

Country:

UK Germany

Release Date:

1 November 1926 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fear o' God

Filming Locations:

Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gainsborough Pictures, Münchner Lichtspielkunst AG (Emelka), Bavaria Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

57 min

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When interviewed by François Truffaut, Alfred Hitchcock implied that he was not sorry there are no known surviving prints; he called the movie "awful".

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Connections

Referenced in Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius (1999)

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