20,000 Years in Sing Sing

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

Cast

Spencer Tracy

as Tommy Connors

Bette Davis

as Fay Wilson

Arthur Byron

as Warden Paul Long

Lyle Talbot

as Bud Saunders

Warren Hymer

as Hype

Louis Calhern

as Joe Finn

Spencer Charters

as Officer Daniels (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins

as Death Row Convict Mike (uncredited)

Lucille Collins

as Girl with Friend Helping Tommy (uncredited)

James Donlan

as First Reporter (uncredited)

Reviews

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 s...

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