The Criminal Code (1931)
LOVE saved him from worse than THE CHAIR
97 min
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.
- Release date
- December 31, 1930
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Walter Huston as Mark Brady
- Phillips Holmes as Robert Graham
- Constance Cummings as Mary Brady
- Boris Karloff as Galloway
- DeWitt Jennings as Captain Gleason
- Mary Doran as Gertrude Williams
- Ethel Wales as Katie Ryan
- Clark Marshall as Runch
- Arthur Hoyt as Leonard Nettleford
- John St. Polis as Dr. Rinewulf
Crew
- Howard Hawks · Director
- Martin Flavin · Writer
- Fred Niblo Jr. · Writer
- Seton I. Miller · Writer
- Harry Cohn · Producer
- James Wong Howe · Cinematographer
- Ted Tetzlaff · Cinematographer
- Edward Curtiss · Editor