Hangman's House
About Hangman's House
Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien makes his daughter Connaught marry a man she does not want. She gives up Dermot McDermot. After O'Brien dies, a hunted rebel comes back to the town, and Connaught thinks the marriage can be broken. The story is set in County Wicklow.
Cast & crew
More about Hangman's House
John Ford directed without a credit. Malcolm Stuart Boylan wrote the intertitles. Philip Klein adapted Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne's novel, with a scenario by Marion Orth. George Schneiderman photographed it. Margaret Clancey edited. Fox released it on 13 May 1928. It runs 70 minutes. Victor McLaglen, June Collyer, Larry Kent, Earle Foxe, and Hobart Bosworth lead the billed cast.
Themes
Look
George Schneiderman photographed the Wicklow story, including the horse race where Wayne stands in the crowd.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons. A DVD issue opens with a note that it was made from the best surviving elements.
Notes
- John Wayne is uncredited, as a spectator at a horse race and as a condemned man in a flashback.
- The English Wikipedia calls this his first confirmed appearance in a John Ford film.
- Jack Pennick and Mary Gordon are also on the cast list.
- A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Scenes
- Connaught is married off by her father, then the rebel's return puts that marriage back in play.
Influenced by
- Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne's novel Hangman's House
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Hangman's House)
