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6.1After 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.
Released: 1931-01-0397 minDir: Howard HawksCrime, Drama
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
- Mary Doran as Gertrude Williams
Themes
- warden
- pre-code
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
1,535 votes
- Year
- 1931
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Romance
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 1 nomination total
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Internet Archive
movies1931 - The Criminal Code - El código criminal - Howard Hawks - VE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Howard Hawks
- Screenwriter
- Martin Flavin
- Cast member
- Frank Hagney
- Producer
- Harry Cohn
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Ted Tetzlaff
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 424053
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- publication date
- 1931-01-03
- title
- The Criminal Code
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- color
- black-and-white
- film editor
- Edward Curtiss
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