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Hangman's House

63% | May 13, 1928 | Thriller, Drama, Romance

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.

Featured Crew

Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
Novel
John Ford
Producer

Cast

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Victor McLaglen
Denis Hogan
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June Collyer
Connaught O'Brien
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Earle Foxe
John D'Arcy
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Hobart Bosworth
Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien
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Larry Kent
Dermot McDermot

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