Directed by:
Howard HawksCast:
Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff, Mary Doran, Paul Porcasi, Andy Devine, Russell Hopton, Harold Huber, Arthur Hoyt (more)Plots(1)
Howard Hawks made his first film for Columbia Pictures with this pre-Code prison movie. The great Walter Huston stars as a district attorney-turned-prison warden who gets to witness first-hand the effects of his convictions, especially Phillip Holmes, imprisoned after killing a man in a drunken brawl. Co-starring Boris Karloff, The Criminal Code is tough, no-nonsense, quintessential Hawks. (Powerhouse Films)
(more)Cast
![Walter Huston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/360/164360037_3bc864.png)
Walter Huston
Canada
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Great Sinner (1949)
![Phillips Holmes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058848_d0e497.jpg)
Phillips Holmes
USA
Best movies:
Dinner at Eight (1933)
An American Tragedy (1931)
![Constance Cummings](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273559_3e19f4.jpg)
Constance Cummings
USA
Best movies:
The Battle of the Sexes (1959)
Movie Crazy (1932)
American Madness (1932)
![Boris Karloff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/522/163522520_00c5a5.jpg)
Boris Karloff
UK
Best movies:
The General (1926)
Scarface (1932)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
![Mary Doran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000310_1ce221.jpg)
Mary Doran
USA
Best movies:
Movie Crazy (1932)
The Miracle Woman (1931)
Three on a Match (1932)
![Paul Porcasi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579948_5479eb.jpg)
Paul Porcasi
Italy
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
![Andy Devine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359192_7f4b93.jpg)
Andy Devine
USA
Best movies:
Stagecoach (1939)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
![Russell Hopton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/078/158078066_c17d16.jpg)
Russell Hopton
USA
Best movies:
'G' Men (1935)
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
The Miracle Woman (1931)
![Harold Huber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/776/157776631_26184a.jpg)
Harold Huber
USA
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
San Francisco (1936)
![Arthur Hoyt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098724_c45998.jpg)
Arthur Hoyt
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
It Happened One Night (1934)
![John St. Polis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/674/161674047_bf4137.jpg)
John St. Polis
USA
![Frank Hagney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/209/160209542_2e8277.jpg)
Frank Hagney
Australia
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Modern Times (1936)
The General (1926)
![Otto Hoffman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/566/160566265_f21065.jpg)
Otto Hoffman
USA
Best movies:
Texas (1941)
Ball of Fire (1941)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
![Ethel Wales](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/750/160750072_6f9eb0.jpg)
Ethel Wales
USA
Best movies:
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Barbary Coast (1935)
Unconquered (1947)
![Lee Phelps](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/045/161045073_80d9c2.jpg)
Lee Phelps
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
![Tetsu Komai](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/104/161104976_674ee1.jpg)
Tetsu Komai
Japan
Best movies:
China Seas (1935)
The Letter (1940)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
![Bob Kortman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/231/161231898_3b4fd1.jpg)
Bob Kortman
USA
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Union Pacific (1939)
John Sheehan
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Big Clock (1948)
Woman of the Year (1942)
Al Hill
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
DeWitt Jennings
USA
Best movies:
The Big Trail (1930)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Movie Crazy (1932)