20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)

24/12/1932
Crime, Drama
1h 18m

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

Overview

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

  • Michael CurtizDirector
  • Wilson MiznerScreenplay
  • Brown HolmesScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

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

Top Billed Cast

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Tommy Connors

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Fay Wilson

Arthur Byron

Arthur Byron

Warden Paul Long

Lyle Talbot

Lyle Talbot

Bud Saunders

Warren Hymer

Warren Hymer

Hype

Louis Calhern

Louis Calhern

Joe Finn

Spencer Charters

Spencer Charters

Officer Daniels (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins

G. Pat Collins

Death Row Convict Mike (uncredited)

Lucille Collins

Girl with Friend Helping Tommy (uncredited)

James Donlan

James Donlan

First Reporter (uncredited)

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