Film

The Criminal Code

1931 · 1h 37m · Crime · Drama

LOVE saved him from worse than THE CHAIR

IMDb

6.9

After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.

Walter Huston

Mark Brady

Phillips Holmes

Robert Graham

Constance Cummings

Mary Brady

Boris Karloff

Ned Galloway

DeWitt Jennings

Yard Captain Gleason

Mary Doran

Gertrude Williams

Ethel Wales

Katie Ryan

Clark Marshall

Runch

Arthur Hoyt

Leonard Nettleford

John St. Polis

Dr. Rinewulf

Paul Porcasi

Tony Spelvin

Otto Hoffman

Jim Fales

John Sheehan

'Mac' McManus

Andy Devine

Cluck (uncredited)

Bob Kortman

Red, the Convict Barber (uncredited)

James Guilfoyle

Detective Doran

• Howard HawksDirector · Producer
• Harry CohnProducer
• Frank FouceProducer
• James Wong HoweDirector of Photography
• Ted TetzlaffDirector of Photography
• Sam PerryOriginal Music Composer
• Edward CurtissEditor

Release date

January 3, 1931

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Crime, Drama

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