Réalisation:
Howard HawksActeurs·trices:
Walter Huston, Phillips Holmes, Constance Cummings, Boris Karloff, Mary Doran, Paul Porcasi, Andy Devine, Russell Hopton, Harold Huber, Arthur Hoyt (plus)Résumés(1)
Howard Hawks' early sound prison melodrama, based on a play by Martin Flavin, already contains his stylistic signature of over-lapping dialogue -- a technique he would greatly expand upon in the next ten years. Walter Huston is district attorney Brady, who quickly convicts Robert Graham (Phillips Holmes) of murdering a man who was harassing his girlfriend. Brady is later made the warden of the prison where Robert is held. Brady tries to make friends with Robert, but Robert will have no dealings with the new warden. Nevertheless, Brady, who thinks Robert is a decent man who became embroiled in extraordinary circumstances, gives Robert a job as his chauffeur. As he drives with Brady's daughter Mary (Constance Cummings), the two fall in love. Meanwhile, things heat up back at the prison, where crazed killer Ned Galloway (Boris Karloff) kills the squealer Runch (Clark Marshall). Robert knows Ned killed Runch, but refuses to tell Brady. Brady reluctantly sends Robert to solitary confinement to get him to give up the murderer's name, but Robert holds out on him. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
![Walter Huston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/360/164360037_3bc864.png)
Walter Huston
Canada
Meilleurs films :
Le Trésor de la Sierra Madre (1948)
L'Ange des ténèbres (1943)
Le Faucon maltais (1941)
![Phillips Holmes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058848_d0e497.jpg)
Phillips Holmes
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Code criminel (1931)
Les Invités de huit heures (1933)
Paramount on Parade (1930)
![Constance Cummings](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273559_3e19f4.jpg)
Constance Cummings
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Code criminel (1931)
La Ruée (1932)
La Bataille des sexes (1959)
![Boris Karloff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/522/163522520_00c5a5.jpg)
Boris Karloff
Grande-Bretagne
Meilleurs films :
Le Mécano de la Générale (1926)
Scarface (1932)
La Fiancée de Frankenstein (1935)
![Mary Doran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000310_1ce221.jpg)
Mary Doran
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Code criminel (1931)
Movie Crazy (1932)
La Femme aux miracles (1931)
![Paul Porcasi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579948_5479eb.jpg)
Paul Porcasi
Italie
Meilleurs films :
Casablanca (1942)
It Started with Eve (1941)
L'Extravagant Mr. Deeds (1936)
![Andy Devine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/359/359192_7f4b93.jpg)
Andy Devine
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Solitude (1928)
La Chevauchée fantastique (1939)
L'Homme qui tua Liberty Valance (1962)
![Russell Hopton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/078/158078066_c17d16.jpg)
Russell Hopton
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Code criminel (1931)
Les Hors la loi (1935)
Secret of the Blue Room (1933)
![Harold Huber](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/776/157776631_26184a.jpg)
Harold Huber
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Visages d'Orient (1937)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Beau Geste (1939)
![Arthur Hoyt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098724_c45998.jpg)
Arthur Hoyt
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Furie (1936)
L'Extravagant Mr. Deeds (1936)
New York-Miami (1934)
![John St. Polis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/674/161674047_bf4137.jpg)
John St. Polis
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Code criminel (1931)
![Frank Hagney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/209/160209542_2e8277.jpg)
Frank Hagney
Australie
Meilleurs films :
La Vie est belle (1946)
Les Temps modernes (1936)
Le Mécano de la Générale (1926)
![Otto Hoffman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/566/160566265_f21065.jpg)
Otto Hoffman
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Boule de feu (1941)
Texas (1941)
Les Mains d'Orlac (1935)
![Ethel Wales](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/750/160750072_6f9eb0.jpg)
Ethel Wales
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
The Monster (1925)
Le Signe de la croix (1932)
Le Code criminel (1931)
![Lee Phelps](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/045/161045073_80d9c2.jpg)
Lee Phelps
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Love Crazy (1941)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Nick, Gentleman détective (1936)
![Tetsu Komai](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/104/161104976_674ee1.jpg)
Tetsu Komai
Japon
Meilleurs films :
History Is Made at Night (1937)
La Malle de Singapour (1935)
Le Code criminel (1931)
![Bob Kortman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/231/161231898_3b4fd1.jpg)
Bob Kortman
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
L'Aurore (1927)
Le Gouffre aux chimères (1951)
La Terre a tremblé (1923)
John Sheehan
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Le Code criminel (1931)
La Grande Horloge (1948)
Al Hill
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
L'Inconnu du Nord-Express (1951)
Les Anges aux figures sales (1938)
DeWitt Jennings
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
La Piste des géants (1930)
Les Révoltés du Bounty (1935)
Frères d'armes (1927)