Monday, June 24, 2013

Hangman's House (1928)

Fox Film
Directed by John Ford
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Fox)

Irish lovers June Collyer and Larry Kent are thwarted by her dying father, who forces her to marry scoundrel Earle Foxe for money and position. He's a hard drinker with a shady past, which catches up with him in the form of Victor McLaglen, out to get revenge for the death of his sister. Set in a large Irish castle which gives it an almost Gothic feeling at times, it may be the closest Ford ever got to a horror film.

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