Hangman's House

Donn Byrne's Romance of Racing and Racial Intrigue

Hangman's House — 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.

• Release date
• May 13, 1928
• Runtime
• 71 min
• Genres
• Thriller, Drama, Romance
• Director
• John Ford

Hangman's House — 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