The Criminal Code
6.9
“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.
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Cast
26 people
Walter Huston
Mark Brady
Known for
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
And Then There Were None
Phillips Holmes
Robert Graham
Known for
Dinner at Eight
Constance Cummings
Mary Brady
Known for
Blithe Spirit
Dead Man's Folly
Boris Karloff
Ned Galloway
Known for
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Bride of Frankenstein
DeWitt Jennings
Yard Captain Gleason
Known for
Mystery of the Wax Museum
The Big House
Mary Doran
Gertrude Williams
Known for
The Divorcee
Ethel Wales
Katie Ryan
Also in
The Thirteenth Guest
The Rag Man
Clark Marshall
Runch
Also in
The Voice of the City
Sidewalks of New York
Arthur Hoyt
Leonard Nettleford
Known for
It Happened One Night
The Lost World
John St. Polis
Dr. Rinewulf
Known for
The Phantom of the Opera
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Paul Porcasi
Tony Spelvin
Known for
Morocco
Svengali
Otto Hoffman
Jim Fales
Known for
Stranger on the Third Floor
Death Takes a Holiday
Howard Hawks Director · Martin Flavin Author Sam Perry Composer
United States release January 3, 1931 · Produced in United States · Languages English, German
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
United States · December 31, 1930
Premiere · Boston, Massachusetts
United States · January 3, 1931
Theatrical
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