A Harp in Hock, also known as The Samaritan,[2] is a lost[3][4] 1927 American silent melodrama film directed by Renaud Hoffman, produced by DeMille Pictures, and distributed by Pathé Exchange.

The film starred Rudolph Schildkraut, Junior Coghlan, May Robson, and Bessie Love,[1][5] and was based on the short story by Evelyn Campbell.

[1] In New York City, 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.

[1][6][7][8] The film received positive reviews, particularly the performances of Schildkraut and Coghlan.