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20,000 Years in Sing Sing
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing

film by Curtiz [1933]
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  • Michael Curtiz
    Michael Curtiz
    / The breakthrough years

    With 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, he infused the tired prison film genre with a new drive, making the most of Spencer Tracy as a doomed inmate and Davis as his loyal moll. Even more impressive was Mystery of the Wax Museum, a quasi-sequel to Doctor…

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    With 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, he infused the tired prison film genre with a new drive, making the most of Spencer Tracy as a doomed inmate and Davis as his loyal moll. Even more impressive was Mystery of the Wax Museum, a quasi-sequel to Doctor…

    Read More