''The Penal Code'' is a 1932 American
crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definit ...
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
George Melford
George H. Melford (born George Henry Knauff, February 19, 1877 – April 25, 1961) was an American stage and film actor and director. Often taken for granted as a director today, the stalwart Melford's name by the 1920s was, like Cecil B. DeMil ...
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Plot summary
A man serves time in prison, going to disguise his whereabouts from his family. After he is released a blackmail scheme ensues.
Cast
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Regis Toomey
John Francis Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor.
Early life
Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey, and attended Peabody High Sc ...
as Robert Palmer
*Helen Cohan as Marguerite ("Margie") Shannon
*Patrick H. O'Malley, Jr. as Sergeant Detective W. J. Bender
*Robert Ellis (actor, born 1892), 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 (actor), John Ince as Warden
*Murdock MacQuarrie as Lefty
*Olin Francis as McCarthy
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1932 films
American crime drama films
1930s English-language films
American black-and-white films
1932 crime drama films
Films directed by George Melford
Films with screenplays by F. Hugh Herbert
1930s American films
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