Hawken's Breed

Hawken's Breed

★ 4.0IMDb Score
Released:1987-01-01
Duration:89 min
Director:Charles B. Pierce
Actors:Peter Fonda, Jack Elam, Serene Hedin, Chuck Pierce Jr., Sue Ane Langdon
Production:MLG

Overview:

Hawken is a rugged drifter and loner who meets and comes to rescue a young Shawnee woman, named Spirit in 1840s Tennessee, whom he leaves after saving her from a rouge group of Shawnee Indians. After taking up residence with an old fur trapper and old friend named Jeb Kline, Hawken later meets Spirit again whom runs away from a local fur trader named Tackett, whom she is sold to. Soon, Hawken is up against Tackett and a posse of hired killers, as well as a greedy and racist land owner, named Hickman, who's long abused son Noel whom narrates the entire story, comes to his and Spirit's aid to help them survive.

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