20,000 Years in Sing Sing
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing, self-assured and disrespectful toward authority, where a tough but compassionate warden changes him.
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Michael Curtiz
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John Chard
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 - 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
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Michael Curtiz is the director of 20,000 Years in Sing Sing.
The cast of 20,000 Years in Sing Sing includes Jack La Rue as Prisoner at Check-In (uncredited), Jack Stoney as Guard Punched by Connors (uncredited), Sam Rice as Doorman at Bar (uncredited), Harry Wilson as Seated Prisoner (uncredited), Philip Morris as Death Row Guard (uncredited), G. Pat Collins as Death Row Convict Mike (uncredited), Bette Davis as Fay Wilson, Mike Donlin as Inmate (uncredited), Arthur Hoyt as Dr. Meeker (uncredited), Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian as Prisoner at Rockpile (uncredited), Louis Calhern as Joe Finn, Ward Bond as Police Officer (uncredited), and more.
The duration of 20,000 Years in Sing Sing is 1h 18 mins.
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing was released on 24 Dec 1932.
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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 scree..."
