The Criminal Code (1931)
“LOVE saved him from worse than THE CHAIR”
Movie19311h 37mEnglish
Our verdict
Decent one-time watch
Mixed-to-positive reactions; enjoyable if the genre is your thing.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 33 ratings.
Movie review: The Criminal Code
The Criminal Code is a film from 1931. It is catalogued under Crime, Drama. Its listed tagline is “LOVE saved him from worse than THE CHAIR”.
Story
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.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 6.1/10 based on 33 votes.
Production
Release date: January 3, 1931 · Runtime: 97 minutes · Original language: English
Cast
Walter Huston
Phillips Holmes
Constance Cummings
Boris Karloff
DeWitt Jennings
Mary Doran
Ethel Wales
Clark Marshall
Arthur Hoyt
John St. Polis
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