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.

Novela

Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne

Director

John Ford

Screenplay

Willard Mack

Status

Released

Release date

13/05/1928

Original language

English