---
title: 'Castle on the Hudson (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Anatole Litvak'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 77
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/castle-on-the-hudson-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032315/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Castle on the Hudson (1940)

1940 · 77 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Castle on the Hudson is a 1940 American prison film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring John Garfield, Ann Sheridan and Pat O'Brien. The film was based on the book Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing, written by Lewis E. Lawes, on whom the warden in the film was based. Castle on the Hudson is a remake of the 1932 Spencer Tracy prison film 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, also based on Lawes's book.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Anatole Litvak](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-litvak)
- **Producer:** [Anatole Litvak](https://cinepixo.com/people/anatole-litvak)
- **Screenplay:** [Seton I. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/seton-i-miller)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Adolph Deutsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-deutsch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Edeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-edeson)
- **Editor:** [Thomas Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-richards)

## Cast

- [Paul Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hurst)
- [William Hopper](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hopper)
- [John Garfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-garfield)
- [Frank Puglia](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-puglia)
- [Burgess Meredith](https://cinepixo.com/people/burgess-meredith)
- [Pat O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-o-brien)
- [Henry O'Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-o-neill)
- [Stuart Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-holmes)
- [Ann Sheridan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-sheridan)
- [James Flavin](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-flavin)
- [Frank Faylen](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-faylen)

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