20,000 Years in Sing Sing
MEN without WOMEN...MEN without HOPE! smash their lives to pieces against their STEEL CHAINS!
1932 | 78m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Michael Curtiz |
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| Writer: | Wilson Mizner, Lewis E. Lawes, Courtney Terrett, Robert Lord, Brown Holmes |
| Staring: |
| Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 24, 1932 |
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| Director: | Michael Curtiz |
| Writer: | Wilson Mizner, Lewis E. Lawes, Courtney Terrett, Robert Lord, Brown Holmes |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | prison, based on novel or book, death row, self-defense, jail guard, gangster, electric chair, code of honor, warden, sing sing, pre-code, hoodlum, hard labor, prison reform, prison break attempt |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Spencer Tracy | Tommy Connors |
| Bette Davis | Fay Wilson |
| Arthur Byron | Warden Paul Long |
| Lyle Talbot | Bud Saunders |
| Warren Hymer | Hype |
| Louis Calhern | Joe Finn |
| Spencer Charters | Officer Daniels (uncredited) |
| G. Pat Collins | Death Row Convict Mike (uncredited) |
| Lucille Collins | Girl with Friend Helping Tommy (uncredited) |
| James Donlan | First Reporter (uncredited) |
| Mike Donlin | Inmate (uncredited) |
| Rockliffe Fellowes | Friend Helping Tommy (uncredited) |
| Sam Godfrey | Second Reporter (uncredited) |
| Betty Jane Graham | Warden Long's Daughter (uncredited) |
| Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian | Prisoner at Rockpile (uncredited) |
| Arthur Hoyt | Dr. Meeker (uncredited) |
| Harold Huber | Death Row Convict Tony (uncredited) |
| Jack La Rue | Prisoner at Check-In (uncredited) |
| William Le Maire | 'Black Jack' aka 'Eight Ball' (uncredited) |
| John Marston | Man from District Attorney's Office (uncredited) |
| Edward McNamara | Head Guard Richards (uncredited) |
| Grant Mitchell | Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited) |
| Philip Morris | Death Row Guard (uncredited) |
| Frank O'Connor | Cell Guard (uncredited) |
| Sam Rice | Doorman at Bar (uncredited) |
| Dick Rush | Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| Jack Stoney | Guard Punched by Connors (uncredited) |
| Harry Strang | Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| Phil Tead | Reporter in Crowd (uncredited) |
| Harry Tenbrook | Convict (uncredited) |
| Sheila Terry | Bud Saunders' Wife 'Babe' (uncredited) |
| Nella Walker | Mrs. Long (uncredited) |
| Clarence Wilson | Finn's Lawyer Morris (uncredited) |
| Harry Wilson | Seated Prisoner (uncredited) |
| Ward Bond | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Wilson Mizner | Screenplay |
| Michael Curtiz | Director |
| Orry-Kelly | Costume Design |
| Lewis E. Lawes | Novel |
| Courtney Terrett | Adaptation |
| Robert Lord | Adaptation |
| William Forsyth | Casting Assistant |
| Brown Holmes | Screenplay |
| Barney McGill | Director of Photography |
| George Amy | Editor |
| Anton Grot | Art Direction |
| Bernhard Kaun | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
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| Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
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Warden, I never broke my word, see - not even to a rat, and I won't break it now to a square guy. 20,000 Years in Sing Sing is directed by Michael Curtiz and adapted to screenplay by Wilson Mizner, Brown Holmes, Courtney Terrett and Robert Lord from the book written by Warden Lewis E. Lawes. It s ... tars Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Lyle Talbot, Arthur Byron, Grant Mitchell and Warren Hymer. Music is by Bernhard Kaun and cinematography by Barney McGill. Cocksure hoodlum Tom Connors (Tracy) enters Sing Sing and is instantly disrespectful towards those in authority. Could it be that the tough - but compassionate for reform - warden can put Connors on the right road?. Out of Warner Brothers, this crime/prison melodrama manages to rise above its social conscience heart to become gutsy entertainment. This is due in most part to a committed turn from Tracy, the real location photography, the use of real prisoners for key prison scenes and the sense of realism brought about by the adaption from real life Sing Sing Warden Lawes' literature source. Curtiz manages to keep it from being a torrid "message" movie, even keeping a grim feel to proceedings, though his one failing is not to rein in the sometimes over the top perf from Davis as Tom's love interest moll. 7/10