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Hangman's House (1928)

NR ★ 6.6/10 80 min Thriller, Drama, Romance United States English
Director: John Ford
Novel: Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
Writer: Willard Mack
Adaptation: Philip Klein
Scenario Writer: Marion Orth
Streaming: Not available
Donn Byrne's Romance of Racing and Racial Intrigue

Description

Forced by her mean-spirited father, Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien, to marry a man she doesn't love, Connaught O'Brien gives up hope of ever with her true love, Dermot McDermot. After her father dies and a hunted rebel leader returns to town, however, Connaught finds a renewed hope that the tides of oppression will shift and she might again find happiness. This silent romantic drama, set in Ireland, is the first film in which a then-unknown John Wayne is clearly visible.

Top Cast

Victor McLaglen
Victor McLaglen Denis Hogan
June Collyer
June Collyer Connaught O'Brien
Earle Foxe
Earle Foxe John D'Arcy
Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Bosworth Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien
Larry Kent
Larry Kent Dermot McDermot
Joseph Burke
Joseph Burke Neddy Joe - Dermot's Servant
Mary Gordon
Mary Gordon The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
Brian Desmond Hurst
Brian Desmond Hurst Horse Race Spectator

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