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The Criminal Code

(1931)

January 3, 1931• 1h 37m
61%
TMDB Score

Overview

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.

Howard Hawks

Director

Top Billed Cast

WH

Walter Huston

Mark Brady

PH

Phillips Holmes

Robert Graham

CC

Constance Cummings

Mary Brady

BK

Boris Karloff

Ned Galloway

DJ

DeWitt Jennings

Yard Captain Gleason

MD

Mary Doran

Gertrude Williams

EW

Ethel Wales

Katie Ryan

CM

Clark Marshall

Runch

AH

Arthur Hoyt

Leonard Nettleford

JSP

John St. Polis

Dr. Rinewulf