20,000 Years in Sing Sing

MEN without WOMEN...MEN without HOPE! smash their lives to pieces against their STEEL CHAINS!

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

Spencer Tracy

(Tommy Connors)

Bette Davis

Arthur Byron

(Warden Paul Long)

Lyle Talbot

Warren Hymer

Louis Calhern

Spencer Charters

(Officer Daniels (uncredited))

G. Pat Collins

(Death Row Convict Mike (uncredited))

Lucille Collins

(Girl with Friend Helping Tommy (uncredited))

James Donlan

(First Reporter (uncredited))

Mike Donlin

(Inmate (uncredited))

Rockliffe Fellowes

(Friend Helping Tommy (uncredited))

Sam Godfrey

(Second Reporter (uncredited))

Betty Jane Graham

(Warden Long's Daughter (uncredited))

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

(Prisoner at Rockpile (uncredited))

Arthur Hoyt

(Dr. Meeker (uncredited))

Harold Huber

(Death Row Convict Tony (uncredited))

Jack La Rue

(Prisoner at Check-In (uncredited))

William Le Maire

('Black Jack' aka 'Eight Ball' (uncredited))

John Marston

(Man from District Attorney's Office (uncredited))

Edward McNamara

(Head Guard Richards (uncredited))

Grant Mitchell

(Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited))

Philip Morris

(Death Row Guard (uncredited))

Frank O'Connor

(Cell Guard (uncredited))

Sam Rice

(Doorman at Bar (uncredited))

Dick Rush

(Prison Guard (uncredited))

Jack Stoney

(Guard Punched by Connors (uncredited))

Harry Strang

(Prison Guard (uncredited))

Phil Tead

(Reporter in Crowd (uncredited))

Harry Tenbrook

(Convict (uncredited))

Sheila Terry

(Bud Saunders' Wife 'Babe' (uncredited))

Nella Walker

(Mrs. Long (uncredited))

Clarence Wilson

(Finn's Lawyer Morris (uncredited))

Harry Wilson

(Seated Prisoner (uncredited))

Ward Bond

(Police Officer (uncredited))