The Criminal Code (1931) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

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Country of origin:: USA, 1931
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Item number:: 11441189
UPC/EAN:: 5060697923445
Release date:: 26.6.2023
Genre:: Drama
Playing time ca.:: 97 Min.
Director:: Howards Hawks
Actor:: Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings
German title:: Strafgesetzbuch
Language:: Englisch
Picture:: 4:3 (s/w)

Howard Hawks made his first film for Columbia Pictures with this pre-Code prison movie. The great Walter Huston stars as a district attorney-turned-prison warden who gets to witness first-hand the effects of his convictions, especially Phillips Holmes, imprisoned after killing a man in a drunken brawl. Co-starring Boris Karloff, The Criminal Code is tough, no-nonsense, quintessential Hawks.

Specials

High Definition remaster

Original mono audio

Audio commentary with film historian Nora Fiore (2021)

Behind the Mask (2021, 26 mins): author and critic Kim Newman discusses the non-horror career of actor Boris Karloff

Codes and Convictions (2021, 30 mins): video essay by Jonathan Bygraves on the many adaptations of Marvin Flavin’s The Criminal Code

The Howard Hawks Masterclass with John Carpenter (1997, 36 mins): archival audio recording of a presentation by the cult filmmaker from the British Film Institute’s 1997 Howard Hawks retrospective at the National Film Theatre, London

Lux Radio Theatre: ‘The Criminal Code’ (1939, 59 mins): radio adaptation starring Edward G Robinson, Beverly Roberts and Paul Guilfoyle

Image galleries: on-set and promotional photography from The Criminal Code and its lost Spanish-language version, El código penal

New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

Reviews

Lexikon des Int.Films: "Der Gefängnisfilm gehört mit seinem humanitären Engagement und der Kunst seiner Darstellung zu den bedeutendsten des Genres."

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