Up the River

  • Rated 8.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1938
  • 1h 15m
  • Comedy

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.

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Director
Alfred L. Werker
Starring
Preston Foster, Tony Martin, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville

Cast

  • Preston Foster

    Preston Foster

    'Chipper' Morgan

  • Tony Martin

    Tony Martin

    Tommy Grant

  • Phyllis Brooks

    Phyllis Brooks

    Helen Lindsay

  • Slim Summerville

    Slim Summerville

    Slim Nelson

  • Arthur Treacher

    Arthur Treacher

    Darby Randall

  • Eddie Collins

    Eddie Collins

    Fisheye Conroy

  • Jane Darwell

    Jane Darwell

    Mrs. Graham

  • Sidney Toler

    Sidney Toler

    Jeffrey Mitchell

  • Bill Robinson

    Bill Robinson

    Memphis Jones

  • Edward Gargan

    Edward Gargan

    Tiny

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