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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaAfter a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.After a failed attempt at running for governor, D.A. Mark Brady is appointed warden of the state prison where many of the criminals he prosecuted are incarcerated.
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DeWitt Jennings
- Captain Gleason
- (as De Witt Jennings)
Paul Porcasi
- Tony Spelvin
- (as Paul Porcassi)
Richard Bishop
- Minor Role
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Andy Devine
- Cluck - a Convict with knife
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
James Guilfoyle
- Detective Doran
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Frank Hagney
- Prison Guard in Yard
- (partecipazione non confermata)
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
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- QuizThe prison yard sequence was shot at M-G-M, using the set originally built for "The Big House" (1930).
- BlooperPaul Porcasi's name is spelled "Porcassi" in the opening credits.
- Citazioni
Mark Brady: [to Graham] Tough luck, Bob, but that's the way they break sometimes. You got to take them the way they fall.
- Curiosità sui creditiThe film's credits do not say that Howard Hawks directed the film; instead, they say that the film is "A Howard Hawks Production."
- ConnessioniAlternate-language version of El código penal (1931)
Recensione in evidenza
Twenty year-old Robert Graham (Phillips Holmes) accidentally kills another man in a drunken brawl. District Attorney Mark Brady (Walter Huston) has to prosecute the young man, despite feeling sympathetic towards him. Graham is convicted to ten years in the state penitentiary. Six years later, D.A. Brady has been appointed warden of the prison and is appalled at what prison life has done to Graham. With help from his daughter (Constance Cummings), who falls in love with Graham, Brady gets the young man back on the right track. But all of it may come to naught when another prisoner is murdered and Graham is forced to choose between snitching and keeping quiet.
Phillips Holmes is not a name that most people, including myself, are familiar with. He retired from acting in 1938 and died in a mid-air collision in Canada four years later. This is probably his most well-known role and that's not saying much since this is hardly a well-known film. But he does a terrific job. Expectedly good performance from Walter Huston, arguably Hollywood's best actor in the early talkies. Also features Boris Karloff in one of his best pre-Frankenstein roles as a vengeful inmate who hates squealers.
Great early Howard Hawks crime drama. Nice Hawksian banter and overlapping dialogue, particularly in the early scenes with reporters. Remade twice, as Penitentiary in 1938 and Convicted in 1950. A must-see for fans of Hawks, Huston, and Karloff.
Phillips Holmes is not a name that most people, including myself, are familiar with. He retired from acting in 1938 and died in a mid-air collision in Canada four years later. This is probably his most well-known role and that's not saying much since this is hardly a well-known film. But he does a terrific job. Expectedly good performance from Walter Huston, arguably Hollywood's best actor in the early talkies. Also features Boris Karloff in one of his best pre-Frankenstein roles as a vengeful inmate who hates squealers.
Great early Howard Hawks crime drama. Nice Hawksian banter and overlapping dialogue, particularly in the early scenes with reporters. Remade twice, as Penitentiary in 1938 and Convicted in 1950. A must-see for fans of Hawks, Huston, and Karloff.
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- The Criminal Code
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- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 37 minuti
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By what name was Codice penale (1930) officially released in Canada in English?
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