Up the River
A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was apparently a wacky spoof of the crime movies that were so popular in the 1930s. It seems to be completely forgotten today, except by major film buffs.
Top cast
Preston Foster
'Chipper' Morgan
Tony Martin
Tommy Grant
Phyllis Brooks
Helen Lindsay
Slim Summerville
Slim Nelson
Arthur Treacher
Darby Randall
Eddie Collins
Fisheye Conroy
Jane Darwell
Mrs. Graham
Sidney Toler
Jeffrey Mitchell
Bill Robinson
Memphis Jones
Edward Gargan
Tiny
Dorothy Dearing
Martha Graham
Charles D. Brown
Warden Harris
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 9, 1938
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Original language
- EN
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