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20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)

Poster for 20,000 Years in Sing Sing

MEN without WOMEN...MEN without HOPE! smash their lives to pieces against their STEEL CHAINS!

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

Cast & Crew

Director
Michael Curtiz
  • Profile picture of Spencer Tracy
    Tommy Connors Spencer Tracy
  • Profile picture of Bette Davis
    Fay Wilson Bette Davis
  • Profile picture of Arthur Byron
    Warden Paul Long Arthur Byron
  • Profile picture of Lyle Talbot
    Bud Saunders Lyle Talbot
  • Profile picture of Warren Hymer
    Hype Warren Hymer
  • Profile picture of Louis Calhern
    Joe Finn Louis Calhern
  • Profile picture of Spencer Charters
    Officer Daniels (uncredited) Spencer Charters
  • Profile picture of G. Pat Collins
    Death Row Convict Mike (uncredited) G. Pat Collins

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Keywords

  • prison
  • based on novel or book
  • gangster
  • death row
  • jail guard
  • self-defense
  • electric chair
  • code of honor
  • warden
  • sing sing
  • pre-code
  • hoodlum
  • hard labor
  • prison reform
  • prison break attempt