The Buzzard's Shadow is a 1915 American silent military drama film directed by Thomas Ricketts starring Harold Lockwood and May Allison. U.S. troops appear in the film, which was shot in San Diego at the San Diego Military Reservation. The film was produced by the American Film Company and released as a Mutual Film Masterpiece. In 1918 the film was re-edited and re-released by the Arrow Film Corporation under the title, The Shadow of Fear.