The Criminal Code (1931)
1931 · Feature film · 96 min · dir. Howard Hawks
LOVE saved him from worse than THE CHAIR
- Crime
- Drama
Synopsis
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.
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Details
- Director
- Howard Hawks
- Composer
- Sam Perry
- Cinematography
- James Wong Howe
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
- Released
- 1931-01-03
- Running time
- 96 minutes
Cast & crew
Howard Hawks Director
Walter Huston
Phillips Holmes
Constance Cummings
Boris Karloff
DeWitt Jennings
Mary Doran
Ethel Wales
Clark Marshall
