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  • Trifling with Honor (1923)
  • 80 min | Crime, Drama
Trifling with Honor (1923)
80 min | Crime, Drama

Released from prison on parole, the "Gas-Pipe Kid" returns to his home in the slums to find his mother dead and his father evicted. He is arrested for beating up the landlord but escapes with the help of Ida Hunt, his sweetheart. Years ...See moreReleased from prison on parole, the "Gas-Pipe Kid" returns to his home in the slums to find his mother dead and his father evicted. He is arrested for beating up the landlord but escapes with the help of Ida Hunt, his sweetheart. Years later he is a baseball star known as Bat Shugrue and is widely idolized by boys who read about his clean living. When Shugrue realizes his influence, he refuses to "throw" a game for blackmailers who threaten to reveal his past, and he goes to Judge Drury to tell the whole truth. The judge decides that Shugrue is more valuable free than in jail; the star is reunited with Ida. Written by AFI See less
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Director
Writers
Frank S. Beresford (scenario) (as Frank Beresford) | William Slavens McNutt (story "His Good Name") | Raymond L. Schrock (adaptation) (screenplay)
Cinematographer
John W. Brown (as Jack Brown)
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Updated May 28, 1923

Release date
May 28, 1923 (United States)

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12 cast members
Name Known for
Rockliffe Fellowes
Gas-Pipe Kid / Bat Shugrue Gas-Pipe Kid / Bat Shugrue   See fewer
Fritzi Ridgeway
Ida Hunt Ida Hunt   See fewer
Buddy Messinger
Jimmy Hunt Jimmy Hunt   See fewer
Hayden Stevenson
Kelsey Lewis Kelsey Lewis   See fewer
Emmett King
Judge Drury Judge Drury   See fewer
William Welsh
Warden Warden   See fewer
Fred R. Stanton
Lute Clotz (as Frederick Stanton) Lute Clotz (as Frederick Stanton)   See fewer
William Robert Daly
The Kid's Father The Kid's Father   See fewer
Jim Farley
Murray Jessop Murray Jessop   See fewer
Sidney De Gray
Dud Adams (as Sidney De Grey) Dud Adams (as Sidney De Grey)   See fewer
John Hatton
Jimmy (at 8 years) Jimmy (at 8 years)   See fewer
Mike Gaffner
Landlord Landlord   See fewer
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