PENAL CODE (1932) Regis Toomey, Helen Cohan & Pat O'Malley | Crime, Drama | B&W

The Penal Code is a 1932 American film directed by George Melford.

SYNOPSIS
A man serves time in prison, going to disguise his whereabouts from his family. After he is released a blackmail scheme ensues.

A young boy in a small town turns to a life of crime. After serving a prison sentence, he returns home determined to go straight but finds himself being blackmailed into a safecracking operation at a bank--organized by his romantic rival, who is planning to set him up to go back to prison again.

CAST & CREW
Regis Toomey as Robert Palmer
Helen Cohan as Marguerite ("Margie") Shannon
Patrick H. O'Malley, Jr. as Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender
Robert Ellis as James Forrester
Virginia True Boardman as Mrs. Sarah Palmer
Henry Hall as Mr. Shannon
Leander De Cordova as Isaac Lewin
John Ince as Warden
Murdock MacQuarrie as Lefty
Olin Francis as McCarthy

Directed by George Melford
Written by F. Hugh Herbert, Edward T. Lowe Jr. (story)
Produced by Burton L. King
Cinematography Edward A. Kull
Edited by Frederick Bain
Release date 1932
Running time 62 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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