"Keep Our Honor Bright" is an episode of the anthology series "Kraft Theater". Such shows were very popular in the 1950s and into the 60s and presented a new story each week...one entirely self-contained and usually original. In this case, the story was written by George Roy Hill (of "The Sting" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" fame).
When the story begins, you learn that a student (James Dean) was caught cheating on his finals. Now it's up to a student committee to make recommendations to the faculty as to what should happen to the guy. But something really interesting comes out at the hearing....it turns out many students also cheated...including the fiancee of the head of the school's Honor Board. And, during the course of this, it soon becomes apparent that many have been behaving less than honorably.
While James Dean fans will most likely want to see this (since he made very little since he died so young), he's only a supporting character in the story. As for the story, it's filled with all sorts of interesting points about honesty and integrity and so the story holds up well over 60 years later. Worth seeing and well made.
When the story begins, you learn that a student (James Dean) was caught cheating on his finals. Now it's up to a student committee to make recommendations to the faculty as to what should happen to the guy. But something really interesting comes out at the hearing....it turns out many students also cheated...including the fiancee of the head of the school's Honor Board. And, during the course of this, it soon becomes apparent that many have been behaving less than honorably.
While James Dean fans will most likely want to see this (since he made very little since he died so young), he's only a supporting character in the story. As for the story, it's filled with all sorts of interesting points about honesty and integrity and so the story holds up well over 60 years later. Worth seeing and well made.
