TMDb Rating
6.5/10
15 verified votes
Hangman's House (1928)
ThrillerDramaRomance
80 min
"Donn Byrne's Romance of Racing and Racial Intrigue"
Plot Summary
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.
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Keywords to include
ThrillerDramaRomanceJohn FordVictor McLaglenJune Collyer1928
Director
John Ford
Top Cast
Victor McLaglenJune CollyerEarle FoxeHobart BosworthLarry Kent
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