The Criminal Code
The Criminal Code
Release: 1931-01-03
·Runtime: 97m
·★ 6.0
Crime
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Boris Karloff
as Ned Galloway
Mary Doran
as Gertrude Williams
Ethel Wales
as Katie Ryan
Clark Marshall
as Runch
John St. Polis
as Dr. Rinewulf
Constance Cummings
as Mary Brady
DeWitt Jennings
as Yard Captain Gleason
Paul Porcasi
as Tony Spelvin
Andy Devine
as Cluck (uncredited)
Al Hill
as Jerry
Russell Hopton
as State's Attorney
Tetsu Komai
as Convict
Otto Hoffman
as Jim Fales
Walter Huston
as Mark Brady
Phillips Holmes
as Robert Graham
Arthur Hoyt
as Leonard Nettleford
Frank Hagney
as Prison Guard in Yard
Lee Phelps
as Detective Doherty
John Sheehan
as 'Mac' McManus
Bob Kortman
as Red, the Convict Barber (uncredited)
Harold Huber
as Convict in Yard
Harry Lamont
as Convict
Nicholas Soussanin
as Convict
