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The Criminal Code

1931, Movie, NR, 96 mins

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Howard Hawks's THE CRIMINAL CODE is an archetypal early-talkie prison movie with a classic performance by Walter Huston as a tough warden whose favorite word--and seemingly that of every other character in the film--is "Yeah." After accidentally killing the son of a politician during a drunken barroom brawl, Robert Graham (Phillips Holmes) is railroaded to jail by the politically ambitious district attorney Mark Brady (Walter Huston). Graham is sentenced to serve ten years f... read more leave a comment
Year: 1931
Rated NR

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Cast
Walter Huston: Warden Brady
Phillips Holmes: Robert Graham
Constance Cummings: Mary Brady
Mary Doran: Gertrude Williams
DeWitt Jennings: Gleason
John Sheehan: McManus

 

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