The Family Honor

“A Thrilling Drama of an Aristocratic Youth Who Runs the Gamut of Gay Dissipation Until He faces the gallows For Murder. A Love Story and Romance of Sunny Southland.”

1920

50m

Drama

Director: King Vidor

Overview

Beverly Tucker, the daughter of an impoverished aristocratic Southern family, has scraped together her last pennies to put her brother Dal through college in the hope that he will support the family after graduation. However, Dal harbors no such ambition and instead spends his time gambling and drinking in a saloon owned by the town's mayor, Curran. During a raid led by Curran's crusading son Merle, a detective is killed and Dal is accused of the crime.