Honour in Pawn

{{Short description|1916 film by Harold Weston}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{italic title}} '''''Honour in Pawn''''' is a 1916 British silent film which starred Helen Haye in her first film role.<ref name=BFI>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200126140233/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7d9bbec3 ''Honour in Pawn''] - British Film Institute database</ref>

The four-reel crime drama was based on the 1911 novel of the same name by W. B. Maxwell<ref>Alan Goble (ed), [https://books.google.com/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&pg=PA315 ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''], Bowker Saur (1999) - Google Books pg. 315</ref> to a script by Harold Weston, who was also the Director. The production company was Broadwest Film Company while the Producer was Walter West.<ref name=BFI/><ref name=Google>Denis Gifford, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gHt0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1178 ''The British Film Catalogue: The Fiction Film 1895-1994''], Routledge (2001) - Google Books</ref><ref>Rachael Low, [https://books.google.com/books?id=dVHaAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA289 ''The History of British Film 1914-1918 (Volume 3)''], Routledge (2011) - Google Books pg. 289</ref>

==Synopsis== A crooked dealer adopts a young woman thief and forces her to steal the plate of a knight.<ref name=BFI/><ref name=Google/>

==Cast== *Nancy Raeborn - Manora Thew *Sir Roger Singleton - Julian Royce *Harvey Denman - George Bellamy *Giovanni Leraca - Ivan Berlyn *Mrs Fortescue - Helen Haye *Uncredited - Hetta Bartlett *Uncredited - Marjorie Compton<ref name=BFI/><ref name=Google/>

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==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327887/ ''Honour in Pawn''] - Internet Movie Database

Category:1916 films Category:British silent short films Category:1916 short films Category:British black-and-white films