
20,000 Years in Sing Sing(1932)
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.


“LOVE saved him from worse than THE CHAIR”
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.

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
The Criminal Code is a crime, drama film released in 1931 exploring themes of warden, pre-code. Directed by Howard Hawks, it stars Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings. 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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