Up the River

Oct 10, 1930

1h 25m

★ 5.8

You bet ~ IT'S FUNNY a movietone laugh riot.

Overview

Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

Up the River Trailers

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Cast

Saint Louis

Spencer Tracy

Judy Fields

Claire Luce

Dannemora Dan

Warren Hymer

Steve Jordan

Humphrey Bogart

Pop

William Collier Sr.

Jean

Joan Marie Lawes

Actress (uncredited)

Marion Aye

Inmate Socked by Saint Louis (uncredited)

Ward Bond

Deputy Warden (uncredited)

Joe Brown

Slim - Bazooka Player (uncredited)

Bob Burns

Guard (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)

Edythe Chapman

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