Hangman's House
Donn Byrne's Romance of Racing and Racial Intrigue
1928 en 80 minutes
Rating: 6.4
Plot
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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Cast
Victor McLaglen
Denis Hogan
June Collyer
Connaught O'Brien
Earle Foxe
John D'Arcy
Hobart Bosworth
Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien
Larry Kent
Dermot McDermot
Joseph Burke
Neddy Joe - Dermot's Servant
Mary Gordon
The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
Brian Desmond Hurst
Horse Race Spectator
Eric Mayne
Colonel of Legionnaires
Jack Pennick
Man Bringing Dermot to Hogan
Belle Stoddard
Anne McDermott
John Wayne
Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback
