The Criminal Code (1930)

Directed by

Howard Hawks

Genre

drama film, prison film, crime film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man is sent to prison for a crime. The warden tries to help him while dealing with the risks and tensions inside the prison.

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What happens

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, was written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Seton I. Miller, who were nominated for Best Adaptation at the 4th Academy Awards. The film is the first of three film adaptations of the play released by Columbia Pictures. It was followed by Penitentiary (1938) and Convicted (1950). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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