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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1189

Hangman's House

192870 minUnited States

Synopsis

A dying Irish judge arranges his daughter's marriage to a man she does not love. The return of a wanted officer with a private mission unsettles the household. A local horse race exposes the bridegroom's cruelty and brings the tangled loyalties into open conflict.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 70:57
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Director: John Ford · Public domain

Cast

Victor McLaglen

Larry Kent

June Collyer

Earle Foxe

Hobart Bosworth

DirectorsJohn Ford

Inspirations

John Ford adapted Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne's novel into an Irish-set melodrama. Its racing, household conflict and returning exile place personal vengeance within a closely connected community.

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Photograph credit

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Victor McLaglen — Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0
June Collyer — unknown (Tiffany Productions); http://www.doctormacro.com/movie%20star%20pages/Collyer,%20June.htm · Public domain
Earle Foxe — Unknown author · Public domain
Hobart Bosworth — Unknown author · Public domain

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