Up the River

Name: Up the River
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1938-12-09
Rating: 10

10.0(1)

1h 15m

1938

Released

en

Comedy

Overview

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.

Release Date

December 9, 1938

Production

20th Century Fox

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Cast

12 people

Preston Foster

'Chipper' Morgan

Acting

Tony Martin

Tommy Grant

Acting

Phyllis Brooks

Helen Lindsay

Acting

Slim Summerville

Slim Nelson

Acting

Arthur Treacher

Darby Randall

Acting

Eddie Collins

Fisheye Conroy

Acting

Jane Darwell

Mrs. Graham

Acting

Sidney Toler

Jeffrey Mitchell

Acting

Bill Robinson

Memphis Jones

Acting

Edward Gargan

Tiny

Acting

Dorothy Dearing

Martha Graham

Acting

Charles D. Brown

Warden Harris

Acting

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