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20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Raymond Griffith, Darryl F. Zanuck and Robert Lord.

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Fay Wilson: I don't want anything. Get out.
Joe Finn: So you changed your mind huh? Just a trouble making broad. And you're not gonna get a chance to squawk.
Tommy Connors: She ain't gonna squawk. And neither am I.
Joe Finn: Conners!
Tommy Connors: Yeah, yeah, it's me. And I got here just in time to rub you out, you dirty...
[punches him]
Fay Wilson: Tommy!


Tommy Connors: What are you guys trying to do? Make a monkey out of me?
Policeman: Go on and sit down.
Tommy Connors: Say, I guess you don't know who I am. Maybe the warden didn't tell ya. I'm Tommy Connors.
Policeman: Oh yeah? What of it?
[Tommy punches him]
Policeman: Why, you!


Tommy Connors: You go out and grab yourself a square guy, you see. See, a guy that works for a living that can give you a home and kids and happiness. All that kind of stuff.
Fay Wilson: I don't want anybody but you. Any.


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Warner contractee Lionel Atwill narrated the film's trailer.
James Cagney was originally set for the male lead but was engaged in a contract dispute with Warner Brothers at the time.
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.
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