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The Criminal Code (1931)
About this film
The Criminal Code is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic crime drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes. The screenplay, based on a 1929 play of the same name by Martin Flavin. It follows Robert Graham, a young man sentenced to ten years in prison for manslaughter after defending his girlfriend in a bar fight. Six years later, the district attorney who prosecuted him becomes the prison warden, offering Graham a chance at redemption, but he faces challenges from fellow inmates and must navigate the prison's code of silence.
Directors & creators
Howard Hawks
Subjects
American,drama, American, romantic, crime, drama, film, Boris Karloff