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Hangman's House (1928)
Directed by John Ford
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 80 minutes
Actors
Mary Gordon | John Wayne | Hobart Bosworth | Victor McLaglen | Earle Foxe | June Collyer | Eric Mayne | Brian Desmond Hurst | Jack Pennick | Larry Kent | Joseph Burke | Belle Stoddard