Up the River
Up the River

Up the River

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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.

Production

20th Century Fox

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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