Near the end of the film, just before Mike Cagle is executed, the Warden is looking at the list of death row inmates and checks off the name spelled Mike Kagel.
When bail is denied, Tommy Gordon's name is misspelled "Gordan" in the newspaper, both in the headline and in the body of the article.
In more than one newspaper headline Tommy Gordon's name is spelled Gordan.
As train pulls into station the conductor announces "Ossining.
" Through the window we see a building with sign - "Lord and Burnham, Irvington, New York.
" Irvington is four stations south of the Ossining station.
In the beginning of the movie when the bomb goes off in the store, the bomb goes off and the front window is blown completely out but the two chairs in front of the window do not even move.
John Garfield provides the power as a gung-ho gangster who struggles to accept his time at Sing Sing in this prison reform drama. A faithful remake of 20,000 Years At Sing Sing that leans more to its 30s gangster roots than to the nascent style of film noir.
A young John Garfield leaves his girl friend, Ann Sheridan, and is sent to Sing Sing, assured by his lawyer, Jerome Cowan, that he'll be gotten out shortly. Unfortunately, Jerome Cowan, whatever else he may be, is a lawyer and has his own agenda.
John Garfield was at his best here in this 1940 prison drama. He is a cocky individual, too sure of himself due to political ties, who soon finds himself in prison for robbery.
L.W.
Castle on the Hudson (1941)** 1/2 (out of 4) Pretty much a scene-by-scene remake of the 1932 drama 20,000 YEARS IN SING SING has gangster Tommy Gordon (John Garfield) being sentenced to prison but he's not worried because he thinks his "connections" will get him out. Soon Tommy realizes that those on the outside want him to remain in prison so he thinks about escaping but the Warden (Pat O'Brien) tries to talk some sense into him.
This film is a remake of 20,000 YEARS IN SING SING and while it is not bad at all (in fact, perhaps better than the original), the movie really has a couple lame-brained moments that you must be able to ignore in order to enjoy the movie. Without these dopey moments, the film merits a 7 or even 8 on IMDb, but come on,...
Tommy Gordon, a criminal seen at the start of the story, is a suave man. He is well regarded in the best places in the Manhattan of the era, where his presence is well regarded.
Copyright 17 February 1940 by Warner Bros Pictures, Inc. New York opening at the Globe: 3 March 1940.
Anatole Litvak directs this remake of 20,000 YEARS IN SING SING. Very faithful to the original starring Spenser Tracy.
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