I have always held Walter Huston in high esteem as an actor who almost always communicated a believable character, whenever he played one in films of the 1930s. Rain and The Treasure of Sierra Madre are two of his finest roles. In this film, he plays a warden who would have preferred to have won the governor's race, but lost. Disappointed, he puts all of his efforts into trying to make the Big House a useful part of society to reform the inmates he has been given to administer. Of course, there are complications, and the inevitable Hollywood formula uprisings, but Huston rises above all the turmoil and projects a reasonable response to the actions of the inmates. Well worth viewing.
Review of The Criminal Code
