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Up the River (1930)

10/10/1930

Comedy, Crime

1h 25m

58% (27 votes)
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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.

John FordDirector

Status
Released
Original Language
English

Keywords

prison escape
pre-code

Top Billed Cast

Spencer Tracy

Saint Louis

Claire Luce

Judy Fields

Warren Hymer

Dannemora Dan

Humphrey Bogart

Steve Jordan

William Collier Sr.

Pop

Joan Marie Lawes

Jean

Marion Aye

Actress (uncredited)

Ward Bond

Inmate Socked by Saint Louis (uncredited)

Joe Brown

Deputy Warden (uncredited)

Bob Burns

Slim - Bazooka Player (uncredited)

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