Movie: 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)

• Director: Michael Curtiz
• Release Date: 24 December 1932 (USA)
• Writers: Lewis E. Lawes (book) Courtney Terrett (adaptation) …  
• Run Time: 78 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Crime , Drama  

Trivia: Writer Lewis E. Lawes was still warden of Sing Sing prison during filming and allowed the crew to film inside and outside the prison, including mob scenes. 

“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 it sentenced to the electric chair. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>”