''20,000 Cheers for the Chain Gang'' is an extant musical comedy film released in 1933. It was directed by

Roy Mack Roy Francis McGillicuddy (August 27, 1888 – February 11, 1960), known as Roy Mack, was an American baseball team executive owner who co-owned the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League with his brother Earle Mack from through . Mack w ...

. The 20-minute film is about escaped prisoners trying to break back into a jail where condition have improved dramatically. The film was written by

A. Dorian Otvos Adorjan Dorian Otvos (11 October 1893 – 25 August 1945) was a writer and composer in Hollywood. He was born in Hungary. He worked on several Broadway productions as well as Vitaphone short films, often as a co-writer. His mother died when he ...

and Cyrus Wood. It is a spoof of the 1932 film '' I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang''. and ''

20,000 Years in Sing Sing ''20,000 Years in Sing Sing'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film set in Sing Sing Penitentiary, the maximum security prison in Ossining, New York, starring Spencer Tracy as an inmate and Bette Davis as his girlfriend. It was directed by Mi ...

''. It is a Vitaphone film.

Cast

Patti Pickens Patti Pickens (1917 – November 16, 1995) was an American performer. Pickens was born in Macon, Georgia. With her sisters Jane Pickens and Helen Pickens, she performed as part of the Pickens Sisters in the 1930s. They also appeared in the short c ...

Jerry Bergen Jerry Bergen was a comedic actor and performer. He was in numerous films and television shows and he also performed on the vaudeville circuit. ''The Chicago Sunday Tribune'' called him "one of the funniest men in the world". He hosted his own short ...

* Jane Pickens * Helen Pickens * Charles Herbert (actor) * James Baskett, uncredited

References

{{Reflist 1933 comedy films Films about prison escapes American parody films