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Escape from Sing Sing
(1900) United States of America
B&W : [?] 27 or 151? feet
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by Arthur Marvin. / © 7 February 1900 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H66725]. Released June 1900. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] Showing the roof of the famous prison. Two convicts are making an attempt to escape. A guard shoots one; but is himself killed by an iron bar in the hands of the other, who succeeds in getting away.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Escaped convicts - Escaped prisoners - Fugitives - Prisons: Sing-Sing

Listing updated: 12 February 2010.

References: Website-AFI.