Hangman's House
"Donn Byrne's Romance of Racing and Racial Intrigue"
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.
Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directors: John Ford
Writers: Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne, Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Marion Orth, Philip Klein, Willard Mack
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IMDB: tt0018972