The Criminal Code

1931 PG-13 1h 37m

6.1 / 10 34

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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

Writers

Fred Niblo Jr.Seton I. Miller Martin Flavin

Stars

Walter Huston Phillips Holmes Constance Cummings

Crime Drama

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Geronimo1967 13 Jun 2022

6/10

Philips Holmes is really good in this Howard Hawks story of a twenty year old who accidentally kills a man in a silly brawl. The DA - "Mark Brady" (Walter Huston) realises quickly that he could have claimed self-defence for the young man, but the ensuing prosecution ends in conviction and a ten year stretch. Spool on six years and "Brady" is now the warden of the prison and seeing the damage inter...