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Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron, Sheila Terry, Lyle Talbot ... see more see more... , Edward McNamara , Warren Hymer , Louis Calhern , Spencer Charters , Sam Godfrey , Grant Mitchell , Nella Walker , Harold Huber , William Le Maire , Arthur Hoyt , George Pat Collins , Lucille Collins , James Donlan , Rockliffe Fellowes , Clarence H. Wilson

Sent to Sing Sing prison, influential crook Spencer Tracy is unregenerate and refuses to adhere to the rules. While in solitary confinement, Tracy reconsiders his attitude. Thanks to the correctional ... read more read more...facility's compassionate warden (Arthur Byron), Tracy becomes a model prisoner, even refusing to participate in a jailbreak. The warden sets up a special program permitting selected prisoners a degree of freedom and even suggests allowing an occasional furlough. When Tracy's girl friend (Bette Davis) is hurt in an auto accident, he is given a 24 hour pass to visit her. It's a test case--if Tracy doesn't return, the warden will be discredited and replaced. While on the "outside," Tracy learns that his old rival (Louis Calhern) was responsible for his girl's injuries. Davis shoots the rival, who in turn fingers Tracy as the one responsible; the convict thus risks execution upon returning to the arms of the law. Based on the book by real-life Sing Sing warden Lewis E. Lawes, 20,000 Years in Sing Sing was remade in 1940 as Castle on the Hudson. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 18 min.

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Release Date: December 24, 1932

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  • dukeakasmudge
    May 30, 2011
    dukeakasmudge
    I was really hoping to write a good review about 20,000 Years in Sing Sing because I'm a fan of Spencer Tracy & I love old B/W gangster or prison flicks but this movie just felt like something to watch because nothing else was on.It was not as good as I hoped

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