Top billed cast

1. 

   Spencer Tracy

   Tommy Connors

2. 

   Bette Davis

   Fay Wilson

3. 

   Arthur Byron

   Warden Paul Long

4. 

   Lyle Talbot

   Bud Saunders

5. 

   Warren Hymer

   Hype

6. 

   Louis Calhern

   Joe Finn

7. 

   Spencer Charters

   Officer Daniels (uncredited)

8. 

   G. Pat Collins

   Death Row Convict Mike (uncredited)

9. 

   Lucille Collins

   Girl with Friend Helping Tommy (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2020-02-09

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 stars 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...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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