Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Spencer Tracy | ... | Tommy Connors | |
| Bette Davis | ... | Fay Wilson | |
| Arthur Byron | ... | Warden Paul Long | |
| Lyle Talbot | ... | Bud Saunders | |
| Warren Hymer | ... | Hype | |
| Louis Calhern | ... | Joe Finn | |
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Tom Connors is sentenced to Sing Sing believing his influential friends will soon have him out on parole. A trouble maker, he gets ninety days in solitary and no parole. His girlfriend Fay is injured and Warden Long lets Tom visit her on his honor to return. During a fight with mobster Joe Finn Fay shoots Finn, Tom jumps out the window and is blamed for the death. He gives himself up but is sentenced to the electric chair. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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24 December 1932 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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(1912) (uncredited)
Music by Abe Holzmann
Played during the baseball and marching montage
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It was very unusual to see banner headlines from real newspapers like The New York Times and The New York Herald-Tribune. Perhaps the producers wanted to add a documentary-like realism to the story. Most movie screaming headlines from that era were from fictitious newspapers. For example, the favorite paper on the Perry Mason series was The Los Angeles Chronicle, a paper that did not exist. See more »Goofs
When the warden's letter of resignation is shown, it's addressed to "The Honorable Governor Strang" in Albany. The letter is dated June 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt (soon to be elected President) was Governor from 1929-1933. See more »Quotes
Tommy Connors: [brashly about prison] I'll kick my way outta that dump with moccasins on.See more »
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Spirit of Independence(1912) (uncredited)
Music by Abe Holzmann
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
A tough guy (Spencer Tracy) gets 5-30 in Sing Sing but he thinks the journey will be easy due to his connections on the outside. The Warden (Arthur Byron) eventually reforms the guy but when his girlfriend (Bette Davis) gets injured, the Warden offers the man one night outside the prison if he promises to return the following day. This Michael Curtiz directed prison drama is pretty good, although it really doesn't offer us anything new or original. The story eventually falls apart in the middle section but Tracy and Davis, in their only film together, makes it worth watching.