ApprovedThe Criminal Code

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Play Time: 97 mins
Crime, Drama
The Criminal Code

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.

Status: Released (1931-01-03)
Awards:Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
Screen:Martin Flavin, Fred Niblo Jr., Seton I. Miller
Productions: Columbia Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English, Deutsch
The Criminal Code
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Philips Holmes is really good in this Howard Hawks story of a twenty year old who accidentally kills a man in a silly brawl. The DA - "Mark Brady" (Walter Huston) realises quickly that he could have claimed self-defence for the young man, but the ensuing prosecution ends in convictio ....

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