Directed by:
Michael CurtizCinematography:
Barney McGillComposer:
Bernhard KaunCast:
Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot, Warren Hymer, Louis Calhern, Lionel Atwill, Grant Mitchell, Harold Huber, Hardie Albright, Sheila Terry (more)Plots(1)
The praises of a prison, the famous Sing Sing, are sung in this picture authored by Sing Sing's long-term reform warden, Lewis E. Lawes. Cocksure criminal Spencer Tracy is sent to the slammer on a felony rap. There he is greeted by the kindly warden, A.S. Byron, who explains that good behavior brings certain privileges. Tough-guy Tracy starts a near-riot and gets 90 days in solitary, where he resolves to escape. He joins some prisoners who are planning an escape attempt until he discovers that their plan is set for Tuesday (he has an odd superstition relating to the days of the week). Beaten at last, he determines to win parole through good behavior. Meanwhile, Tracy's girlfriend Davis--attempting to win his parole by other means--seeks the assistance of powerful mob chief Harold Huber. In return for his help, Huber wants Davis's favors. While speeding down a street in a car, Davis repels the gangster's groping and is seriously injured in the resulting automobile crash. When warden Byron hears of her condition, he offers Tracy--now a trustee--compassionate leave to visit Davis. On the outside, however, Tracy runs into some detectives who mistake him for an escapee. A disastrous shootout follows. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Spencer Charters
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Dick Rush
Australia
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
After the Thin Man (1936)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
G. Pat Collins
USA
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
White Heat (1949)
Jack Stoney
USA
Best movies:
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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Phil Tead
USA
Best movies:
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
The Front Page (1931)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Philip Morris
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)
William Le Maire
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)