The Criminal Code
“LOVE saved him from worse than THE CHAIR”
1931•1h 37m•6.1•Released
CrimeDrama
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.
Director
Howard Hawks
Languages
German, English
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
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)
Production
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Howard Hawks
Producer
Harry Cohn
Producer
Frank Fouce
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