The Hawk's Nest

{{short description|1928 film}}

{{About|the 1928 film|similar uses|Hawks Nest (disambiguation){{!}}Hawks Nest}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Hawk's Nest

| image = The Hawk's Nest 1928 film poster 1.jpg

| caption =

| director = Benjamin Christensen

| producer =

| writer = Wid Gunning (story)
James T. O'Donohoe (adaptation)
Casey Robinson (titles)

| starring = Milton Sills
Doris Kenyon
Sōjin Kamiyama
Montagu Love
Mitchell Lewis
Stuart Holmes

| cinematography = Sol Polito

| editing = Frank Ware

| distributor = First National Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1928|05|27}}

| runtime =

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Hawk's Nest is a 1928 American film directed by Benjamin Christensen. It is believed to be lost. It was released by First National Pictures and stars husband and wife Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon.The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HawksNest1928.html The Hawk's Nest at silentera.com]

Plot

The title of The Hawk's Nest comes from the speakeasy around which most of the action revolves. Two bootleggers, played by Milton Sills and Mitchell Lewis, quarrel over a dancer (Doris Kenyon) while a political assassination plot.

Cast

Preservation status

  • No prints survive, it is now lost.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5924/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Hawk's Nest][http://www.silentsaregolde.com/arnefirstnational.html The Hawk's Nest at Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files: ..lost First National Pictures - 1928]

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