| The Criminal Code | |
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| Directed by | Howard Hawks |
| Screenplay by | Fred Niblo Jr. Seton I. Miller |
| Based on | The Criminal Code 1929 play by Martin Flavin |
| Produced by | Harry Cohn Frank Fouce |
| Starring | Walter Huston Phillips Holmes Constance Cummings Boris Karloff |
| Cinematography | James Wong Howe (as James How) Ted Tetzlaff |
| Edited by | Edward Curtiss |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Criminal Code is a 1930 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 but the award went to Howard Estabrook for Cimarron.
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).