The Criminal Code (1931)

The Criminal Code is a film from 1931. It is catalogued under Crime, Drama. Its listed tagline is “LOVE saved him from worse than THE CHAIR”.

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.

TMDB records an audience rating of 6.1/10 based on 33 votes.

Release date: January 3, 1931 · Runtime: 97 minutes · Original language: English

Director: Howard Hawks · Cast: Walter Huston as Mark Brady, Phillips Holmes as Robert Graham, Constance Cummings as Mary Brady, Boris Karloff as Ned Galloway, DeWitt Jennings as Yard Captain Gleason

Genres: Crime, Drama