Hangman's House
1928Forced 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.
Acted in
Victor McLaglen
as Denis Hogan
June Collyer
as Connaught O'Brien
Earle Foxe
as John D'Arcy
Hobart Bosworth
as Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien
Larry Kent
as Dermot McDermot
Joseph Burke
as Neddy Joe - Dermot's Servant
Mary Gordon
as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
Brian Desmond Hurst
as Horse Race Spectator
Eric Mayne
as Colonel of Legionnaires
Jack Pennick
as Man Bringing Dermot to Hogan
Belle Stoddard
as Anne McDermott
John Wayne
as Horse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in Flashback