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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Victor McLaglenDenis Hogan
June CollyerConnaught O'Brien
Earle FoxeJohn D'Arcy
Hobart BosworthLord Chief Justice James O'Brien
Larry KentDermot McDermot
Joseph BurkeNeddy Joe - Dermot's Servant
Mary GordonThe Woman at Hogan's Hideout
Brian Desmond HurstHorse Race Spectator
Eric MayneColonel of Legionnaires
Jack PennickMan Bringing Dermot to Hogan
John WayneHorse Race Spectator / Condemned Man in FlashbackExplore the crew
- Producer
- John Ford
- Director
- John Ford
- Writer
- Willard Mack
- Editor
- Margaret Clancey
- Director of Photography
- George Schneiderman