

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.
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The Criminal Code (1931) - Walter Huston - New Warden
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Walter Huston
Mark Brady

Phillips Holmes
Robert Graham

Constance Cummings
Mary Brady

Boris Karloff
Ned Galloway

DeWitt Jennings
Yard Captain Gleason

Mary Doran
Gertrude Williams

Ethel Wales
Katie Ryan

Clark Marshall
Runch

Arthur Hoyt
Leonard Nettleford

John St. Polis
Dr. Rinewulf

Paul Porcasi
Tony Spelvin

Otto Hoffman
Jim Fales
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