The Criminal Code (1931)
Crime, Drama • 1h 37m
Overview
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.
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff, DeWitt Jennings, Mary Doran, Ethel Wales, Clark Marshall, Arthur Hoyt, John St. Polis, Paul Porcasi, Otto Hoffman, John Sheehan, Andy Devine, Bob Kortman, James Guilfoyle, Frank Hagney, Al Hill, Russell Hopton, Harold Huber, Tetsu Komai, Harry Lamont, Lee Phelps, Nicholas Soussanin, Jack Vance, Hugh Walker
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: Alfred E. Green
Directors: Louis J. Gasnier & Max Marcin
Directors: Louis J. Gasnier & Max Marcin
Director: Frank Tuttle
Director: Frank Tuttle
Director: Clarence Brown
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Clarence Brown
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: John Ford
Warner Archive Blu-ray new restoration by Library of Congress and the Film Foundation
Director: John Ford
Warner Archive Blu-ray new restoration by Library of Congress and the Film Foundation
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Warner Archive Blu-ray 4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Criterion 4K Blu-ray (not by much, caps)
Closest to original: 1995 Columbia LaserDisc
But Sony 4K Blu-ray is the best available one.
From cbc:
I much prefer the 4K Blu-ray track. LaserDisc has several nasty constant hums, and even after you remove that, the detail level is on-par with the 4K Blu-ray and has a lot of crackling. The 4K Blu-ray has some variable noise reduction, but it's done well and non-intrusive IMO, I watched it with that track and was happy.
Director: Howard Hawks
Criterion 4K Blu-ray (not by much, caps)
Closest to original: 1995 Columbia LaserDisc
But Sony 4K Blu-ray is the best available one.
From cbc:
I much prefer the 4K Blu-ray track. LaserDisc has several nasty constant hums, and even after you remove that, the detail level is on-par with the 4K Blu-ray and has a lot of crackling. The 4K Blu-ray has some variable noise reduction, but it's done well and non-intrusive IMO, I watched it with that track and was happy.
Directors: Henry Hathaway & Howard Hawks & Henry King & Henry Koster & Jean Negulesco
Directors: Henry Hathaway & Howard Hawks & Henry King & Henry Koster & Jean Negulesco
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Albert Brooks
Director: Albert Brooks
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Director: James Bridges
Director: James Bridges
Director: Bill Forsyth
Director: Bill Forsyth
Director: Stuart Heisler
Director: Stuart Heisler
Director: Jean Rollin
Director: Jean Rollin
Director: David Hemmings
Director: David Hemmings
Director: Jean Rollin
Director: Jean Rollin
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