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)
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Walter Huston
Canada
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Phillips Holmes
USA
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The Criminal Code (1931)
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Constance Cummings
USA
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Boris Karloff
UK
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Mary Doran
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Paul Porcasi
Italy
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Andy Devine
USA
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Russell Hopton
USA
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Harold Huber
USA
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Arthur Hoyt
USA
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John St. Polis
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Frank Hagney
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Otto Hoffman
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Lee Phelps
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Tetsu Komai
Japan
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The Criminal Code (1931)
Bob Kortman
USA
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John Sheehan
USA
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Al Hill
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DeWitt Jennings
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