The Criminal Code

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The Criminal Code is a 1931 American pre-Code prison drama film directed by Howard Hawks, noted for its gritty depiction of the justice system and early performance by Boris Karloff.

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The Criminal Code canonical 4

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
pre-Code film ⓘ
prison drama film ⓘ
basedOn The Criminal Code (play) ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Martin Flavin ⓘ
cinematographyBy James Wong Howe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts justice system ⓘ
director Howard Hawks ⓘ
distributedIn United States ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Edward Curtiss ⓘ
era pre-Code Hollywood ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Code Hollywood
featuresPerformanceBy Boris Karloff ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white film ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
prison film ⓘ
hasBlackAndWhiteVersion yes ⓘ
hasCharacter convict ⓘ
district attorney ⓘ
prison warden ⓘ
language English ⓘ
musicBy Louis Silvers ⓘ
narrativeTheme crime and punishment ⓘ
loyalty among prisoners ⓘ
moral responsibility ⓘ
notableFor early performance by Boris Karloff ⓘ
gritty depiction of the justice system ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Howard Hawks ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1931-01-03 ⓘ
releaseYear 1931 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 97 ⓘ
screenwriter Fred Niblo Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Fred Niblo

Seton I. Miller ⓘ
setIn prison ⓘ
starring Boris Karloff ⓘ
Constance Cummings ⓘ
Phillips Holmes ⓘ
Walter Huston ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century ⓘ
title The Criminal Code ⓘ

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Jo Swerling → wroteScreenplayFor → The Criminal Code ⓘ
Constance Cummings → notableWork → The Criminal Code ⓘ
Convicted → basedOn → The Criminal Code ⓘ
The Criminal Code → title → The Criminal Code ⓘ