The Criminal Code

The Criminal Code

LOVE saved him from worse than THE CHAIR

1931•1h 37m•6.0/10

CrimeDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(33)

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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Production

Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Walter Huston

Walter Huston

Mark Brady

Phillips Holmes

Phillips Holmes

Robert Graham

Constance Cummings

Constance Cummings

Mary Brady

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Ned Galloway

DeWitt Jennings

DeWitt Jennings

Yard Captain Gleason

Mary Doran

Mary Doran

Gertrude Williams

Ethel Wales

Ethel Wales

Katie Ryan

Clark Marshall

Clark Marshall

Runch

Arthur Hoyt

Arthur Hoyt

Leonard Nettleford

John St. Polis

John St. Polis

Dr. Rinewulf

Paul Porcasi

Paul Porcasi

Tony Spelvin

Otto Hoffman

Otto Hoffman

Jim Fales

John Sheehan

John Sheehan

'Mac' McManus

Andy Devine

Andy Devine

Cluck (uncredited)

Bob Kortman

Bob Kortman

Red, the Convict Barber (uncredited)

James Guilfoyle

Detective Doran

Frank Hagney

Frank Hagney

Prison Guard in Yard

Al Hill

Al Hill

Jerry

Russell Hopton

Russell Hopton

State's Attorney

Harold Huber

Harold Huber

Convict in Yard

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