The Criminal Code (1931)

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.
Howard Hawks, David Selman
Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff, DeWitt Jennings, Mary Doran, Ethel Wales, Clark Marshall, Arthur Hoyt, John St. Polis, Paul Porcasi, Otto Hoffman, John Sheehan, Andy Devine, Bob Kortman, James Guilfoyle, Frank Hagney, Al Hill, Russell Hopton, Harold Huber, Tetsu Komai, Harry Lamont, Lee Phelps, Nicholas Soussanin, Jack Vance, Hugh Walker
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