Held to Answer

Held to Answer is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw. It was based on the novel Held to Answer (1916), by Peter Clark MacFarlane. The film is considered to be lost.^[1][2]

Held to Answer
Directed by	Harold M. Shaw
Written by	Winifred Dunn
Starring	House Peters
Cinematography	George Rizard
Distributed by	Metro Pictures
Release date	November 22, 1923 (1923-11-22)
Running time	6 reels (approximately 80 minutes)
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Cast

• House Peters as John Hampstead
• Grace Carlyle as Mariann Dounay
• John St. Polis as Hiram Burbeck (as John Sainpolis)
• Evelyn Brent as Bessie Burbeck
• James Morrison as Rollie Burbeck
• Lydia Knott as Mrs. Burbeck
• Bull Montana as 'Red' Lizard
• Gale Henry as The Maid
• Tom Guise as The Judge (as Thomas Guise)
• William Robert Daly as The Organist (as Robert Daly)
• Charles West as 'Spider' Welch
• Charles Hill Mailes as District Attorney Searle (as Charles Mailes)