The Criminal Code
movie

LOVE saved him from worse than THE CHAIR
Released January 03, 1931
Overview
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.
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

Ethel Wales
as
Katie Ryan

Clark Marshall
as
Runch

Arthur Hoyt
as
Leonard Nettleford

John St. Polis
as
Dr. Rinewulf

Paul Porcasi
as
Tony Spelvin

Otto Hoffman
as
Jim Fales
Crew

Howard Hawks
as
Director
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Fred Niblo Jr.
as
Adaptation
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Fred Niblo Jr.
as
Additional Dialogue
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Edward Curtiss
as
Editor

Howard Hawks
as
Producer

Seton I. Miller
as
Adaptation
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Martin Flavin
as
Theatre Play

James Wong Howe
as
Director of Photography

Harry Cohn
as
Producer

Seton I. Miller
as
Additional Dialogue

Ted Tetzlaff
as
Director of Photography
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Glenn Rominger
as
Sound Director