16 Replies to “The Criminal Code”

  1. Phillips Holmes was a great actor , I have seen most of the films he made… the early 30s was his best work , he dies tragicly in a air training mission in 1942

  2. Thank you for putting this up. My vhs recording has had a spot of damp and was not sure if would play or ruin the machine. Found it very watchable and underrated by some writers on Hawks. Certainly worthy enough to mention in the same breath as THE BIG HOUSE (1930). Not sure if you realised, though, but the image is a little squeezed – a bit like looking at a frame of a Cinemascope movie. Looks a very nice copy so don't think I'm griping – far from it! Robert Smith

  7. I remember reading somewhere that scenes in this film were somewhat responsible for Karloff getting the monster role in "Frankenstein" in 1932. The scene where he kills the squealer brings the monster to mind.

  8. This is really fantastic – thank you Mr Kent! It is VERY expensive on DVD.

    Fran Xavier is right that this is the picture which led to the making of Karloff, in demonstrating his powerful screen presence even when not saying a word. That's its main interest for me.

    Getting a smart TV seems like a better and better move.

  10. So interesting comparing this to Convicted (1950 Glenn Ford) which is more sophisticated, fleshed out. Excellent story and about due for a 21st century remake.
     

  13. Rare to see Karloff in a non-horror role? If you review his filmography, you'll see only a small number of his films were in the horror genre, when he was under contract to Universal Studios and a few scattered in later years. You can't simply discount all of the films he made dating back to 1916 that had nothing to do with horror or science fiction. SMH.

  14. Does anyone recognize the actor who has a brief and uncredited performance in the yard when the new warden arrives? Hint: he was later known as 'Jingles' to millions of fans.

  15. The prison yard set was the same one used in multiple films made in the 30's and 40's, most notably 'Brute Force' in 1947 with Burt Lancaster and Hume Cronyn.

  16. Has anyone ever tried to add up how many times the Martin Brady character says 'yeah' in this movie? In what film did Walter Huston make an uncredited appearance with just 3 words of dialogue?

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