''The Hawk's Nest'' is a 1928 American film directed by

Benjamin Christensen Benjamin Christensen (28 September 1879 – 2 April 1959) was a Danish film director, screenwriter and an actor, both in film and on the stage. As a director, he was best known for his 1922 film '' Häxan'' (aka ''Witchcraft Through the Ages'') ...

. It is believed to be lost. It was released by

First National Pictures First National Pictures was an American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theatre owners in the United States, and became the count ...

and stars husband and wife

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and

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Plot

The title of ''The Hawk's Nest'' comes from the speakeasy around which most of the action revolves. Two bootleggers, played by

and Mitchell Lewis, quarrel over a dancer (

) while a political assassination plot.

Cast

- The Hawk/John Finchley *

- Madelon Arden *

Sōjin Kamiyama Sōjin Kamiyama or just Sōjin (; 30 January 1884 – 28 July 1954) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1917 and 1954. He was the subject of a 1995 TV documentary by the Japanese film director Nobuhiro Suwa. ...

- Sojin *

Montagu Love Montagu Love (15 March 1877 – 17 May 1943) was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor. Early years Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Love was the son of Harry Love and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad; his father was listed as accountant ...

- Dan Daugherty * Mitchell Lewis - James Kent *

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- Barney McGuire *James Bradbury Jr. - Gangster(''uncredited'')

Preservation status

*No prints survive, it is now lost.''The Hawk's Nest'' at Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files: ''..lost First National Pictures - 1928''
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* * * 1928 films 1928 crime drama films 1928 lost films 1920s American films American black-and-white films American silent feature films English-language crime drama films Films directed by Benjamin Christensen First National Pictures films Lost American crime drama films Silent American crime drama films {{silent-crime-drama-film-stub