The Criminal code

The Criminal code
   Opening on 2 October 1929 at the National Theatre, this prison melodrama by Martin Flavin ran for 174 performances. A sympathetic prisoner due for parole succumbs to the criminal code he learned there and thus loses his chance for a better future.

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