The Criminal Code (1930)
Directed by Howard Hawks · 97 min · Crime, Drama
13.4 TOPICAL score · #5,220 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The Criminal Code (1930, directed by Howard Hawks) has a TOPICAL score of 13.4 - ranked 5,220 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on historical impact. It won 0 awards from 1 nomination. Audiences: TMDB 6.1/10 (33 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 13 languages.
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- AudienceTMDB 6.1/10 (33 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 1 nomination
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 13 languages
- Still read1,455 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Walter Huston (actor #487), Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff (actor #774)