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Criminal Code. The
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Original release 1930
Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Synopsis
Howard Hawks (Twentieth Century) made his first fiIm for Columbia Pictures with this pre-Code prison movie. The great Walter Huston (Dragonwyck) stars as a district attorney-turned-prison warden who gets to witness first-hand the effects of his convictions, especiaIly Phillips Holmes (An American Tragedy), imprisoned after kiIIing a man in a drunken brawI. Co-starring Boris Karloff (Frankenstein), The Criminal Code is tough, no-nonsense, quintessentiaI Hawks.
Extras
INDlCATOR STANDARD EDITION SPEClAL FEATURES
High Definition remaster
OriginaI mono audio
Audio commentary with fiIm historian Nora Fiore (2021)
Behind the Mask (2021, 26 mins): author and critic Kim Newman discusses the non-horror career of actor Boris KarIoff
Codes and Convictions (2021, 30 mins): video essay by Jonathan Bygraves on the many adaptations of Marvin FIavin’s The CriminaI Code
The Howard Hawks Masterclass with John Carpenter (1997, 36 mins): archivaI audio recording of a presentation by the cult filmmaker from the British Film Institute’s 1997 Howard Hawks retrospective at the NationaI FiIm Theatre, London
Lux Radio Theatre: ‘The Criminal Code’ (1939, 59 mins): radio adaptation starring Edward G Robinson, Beverly Roberts and Paul GuiIfoyIe
Image galIeries: on-set and promotional photography from The CriminaI Code and its lost Spanish-language version, EI código penal
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing |
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