Hangman's House
"Donn Byrne's Romance of Racing and Racial Intrigue"
Details
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.
Cast & Crew
- Cast:Victor McLaglen , June Collyer , Earle Foxe , Hobart Bosworth , Larry Kent , Joseph Burke , Mary Gordon , Brian Desmond Hurst
- Director: John Ford
