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The Hunting of the Hawk

The Hunting of the Hawk
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Directed by	George Fitzmaurice
Written by	George B. Seitz
Starring	William Courtenay
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Production company	Astra Film
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	April 22, 1917 (1917-04-22)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Hunting of the Hawk is a 1917 American silent mystery film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring William Courtenay. It was produced by Astra Film and distributed by Pathé Exchange.^[1]

Cast

William Courtenay as Desselway
Marguerite Snow as Diana Curran
Robert Clugston as Wrenshaw

Preservation

It is an incomplete surviving film with reels in the Library of Congress and Library and Archives Canada.^[2] Two reels were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.^[3]

References

^ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Hunting of the Hawk". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
^ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Hunting Of The Hawk". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2025.
^ "The Hunting of the Hawk : [incomplete]". recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved September 8, 2025.

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