After several assaults with a deadly weapon, gangster Spencer Tracy (as Thomas "Tommy" Connors) goes to spend 5-30 years in New York's "Sing Sing" prison. At first, Mr. Tracy good-naturedly jokes about jail. But he loses his cool when the clothing is too baggy, and punches out a policeman. Tracy is made to wear his underwear - long johns, actually, and nobody changed the scripted line about how Tracy's legs made him look like Marlene Dietrich, after the wardrobe change...
Tracy is allowed kissing time with shapely blonde girlfriend Bette Davis (as Fay Wilson). He tries to get along with reform-minded warden Arthur Byron (as Paul Long) and stay out of trouble with sneaky inmate Lyle Talbot (as Bud Saunders). For responding well, Tracy is allowed time out of jail to see Davis. Unfortunately, this leads to bigger trouble for Tracy "20,000 Years in Sing Sing" are the total years the inmates are serving there. This was the only pairing of Tracy and Davis.
****** 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (12/24/32) Michael Curtiz ~ Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot
Tracy is allowed kissing time with shapely blonde girlfriend Bette Davis (as Fay Wilson). He tries to get along with reform-minded warden Arthur Byron (as Paul Long) and stay out of trouble with sneaky inmate Lyle Talbot (as Bud Saunders). For responding well, Tracy is allowed time out of jail to see Davis. Unfortunately, this leads to bigger trouble for Tracy "20,000 Years in Sing Sing" are the total years the inmates are serving there. This was the only pairing of Tracy and Davis.
****** 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (12/24/32) Michael Curtiz ~ Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot