Sam Bass receives a summons to testify before a grand jury, and not realizing that the matter concerns sheep-stealing he assumes it to concern the murder of his brother, Will.
Watch the official The First Degree 1923 trailer in HD below.
Frank Mayo as Sam Bass
Sylvia Breamer as Mary
Philo McCullough as Will Bass
George A. Williams as Sheriff
Harry Carter as District Attorney
Benjamin H. Kline Director of Photography
George Randolph Chester Writer
Edward Sedgwick Director
United States 30 January 1923
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1923:
14 May 1923
The plot of this silent western short is unknown and it is presumably lost.
01 March 1923
A young man is bet $100,000 that his famous luck can hold out and he can make that sum in one year's time, literally starting with nothing.
15 July 1923
Automobile maker John Kent is an old-fashioned sort who refuses to advertise his car line. His daughter Ginger, however, is determined to get him some publicity and goes speeding around town in one of his cars, hoping to get arrested.
22 February 1923
When the old, wealthy Doctor Schön takes Lulu under his wing, he has no idea that she will be his certain death.
23 April 1923
"Katy" Didd holds up the stage in which his sweetheart, Alice Mason, is traveling to her wedding to Prince Tetlow, to whom her guardian insists that she be married.
18 January 1923
Nathan Forge, romantic son of a cruel businessman, publishes in a local newspaper a poem about a girl who once befriended him.
01 March 1923
Colonel Barclay is found dead and his wife is arrested for the murder, but Holmes is convinced a missing door key will reveal the true killer.
26 August 1923
The gang is trying just about anything to pass the time during their summer vacation. As usual, Mickey and Jack are trying to win the affections of Mary.
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