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Convict's Code

Convict's Code

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Drama

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Just before the scheduled electrocution of stockbroker Kenneth Avery for the murder of Mazie Lawrence, Nan Perry makes one last plea to the governor for a stay of execution and relates the incidents that led to Mazie's death. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

66 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 August 1930

Country

United States of America

Cast

Cullen Landis

Cullen Landis

Kenneth Avery

Eloise Taylor

Eloise Taylor

Nan Perry

William Morris

William Morris

Theodore Perry

Mabel Z. Carroll

Mabel Z. Carroll

Mazie Lawrence

Robert Cummings

Robert Cummings

Gov. Johnson

John Irwin

John Irwin

Convict

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