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.

• DirectorJohn Ford
• Release13 May 1928
• Genre
  Thriller / Drama
• Duration1h 20m
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• Revenue?
• Rate
  

  6.533
  15 reviews
• Productions

  Fox Film Corporation