The Honor System (film)

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The Honor System
Honor System poster.jpg
Directed by Raoul Walsh
(ass't director:J. Gordon Cooper)
Screenplay byRaoul Walsh (scenario)
Hettie Gray Baker (titles)
Based onThe Honor System
by Henry Christeen Warnack
Produced by William Fox
Starring Milton Sills
Miriam Cooper
Cinematography Georges Benoit
Len Powers
George Richter
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • February 12, 1917 (1917-02-12)
Running time
10 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Honor System is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Milton Sills and Cora Drew. The film established Walsh as a director. [1] It was based on a novel of the same name by Henry Christeen Warnack.

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With no prints of The Honor System located in any film archives, [2] it is a lost film.

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