---
title: 'The Criminal Code (1930)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Howard Hawks'
released: '1930-12-31'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-criminal-code-1930'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021770/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Criminal Code (1930)

1930 · 97 min · Drama, Crime, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

The Criminal Code is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic crime drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes. The screenplay, based on a 1929 play of the same name by Martin Flavin, was written by Fred Niblo Jr. and Seton I. Miller, who were nominated for Best Adaptation at the 4th Academy Awards. The film is the first of three film adaptations of the play released by Columbia Pictures. It was followed by Penitentiary (1938) and Convicted (1950).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Howard Hawks](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-hawks)
- **Screenplay:** [Fred Niblo Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-niblo-jr), [Seton I. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/seton-i-miller), [Martin Flavin](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-flavin)
- **Producer:** [Harry Cohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-cohn)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Wong Howe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wong-howe), [Ted Tetzlaff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-tetzlaff)
- **Editor:** [Edward Curtiss](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-curtiss)

## Cast

- [Boris Karloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-karloff)
- [Andy Devine](https://cinepixo.com/people/andy-devine)
- [John St. Polis](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-st-polis)
- [Harold Huber](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-huber)
- [Constance Cummings](https://cinepixo.com/people/constance-cummings)
- [DeWitt Clarke Jennings](https://cinepixo.com/people/dewitt-clarke-jennings)
- [Frank Hagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-hagney)
- [Ethel Wales](https://cinepixo.com/people/ethel-wales)
- [Walter Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-huston)
- [Arthur Hoyt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hoyt)
- [Phillips Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/phillips-holmes)
- [Mary Doran](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-doran)
- [Otto Hoffman](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-hoffman)
- [Paul Porcasi](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-porcasi)
- [Russell Hopton](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-hopton)

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