''A Harp in Hock'', also known as ''The Samaritan'', is a

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1927 American silent melodrama film directed by Renaud Hoffman, produced by DeMille Pictures, and distributed by

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. The film starred

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Junior Coghlan Frank Coghlan Jr. (March 15, 1916 – September 7, 2009) also known as Junior Coghlan, was an American actor who later became a career officer in the United States Navy and a naval aviator. He appeared in approximately 129 films and televis ...

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, and

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, and was based on the short story by

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Plot

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, pawnbroker Isaac Abrams (Schildkraut) must take in an orphaned immigrant boy Tommy (Coghlan) after his mother (Bartlett) dies. Tommy assists at the pawn shop and goes to school, but after a fight with a bully, the bully's mother Mrs. Banks (Robson) reports him to authorities and has him sent to an orphanage. Tommy escapes and returns to New York, where he upsets Mrs. Banks and a riot breaks out, but Abrams then adopts Tommy.

Cast

Reception

The film received positive reviews, particularly the performances of Schildkraut and Coghlan.

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Window card from the film

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