Up the River

1h 15m
Comedy
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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.

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

Crew

Alfred L. Werker
Director
John Patrick
Screenplay
Lou Breslow
Screenplay
Maurine Dallas Watkins
Story
J. Peverell Marley
Cinematography
Sol M. Wurtzel
Producer
Helen A. Myron
Costume Design
Sophie Wachner
Costume Design
Joseph E. Aiken
Sound
William H. Anderson
Sound
Samuel Kaylin
Music Director, Music
Chester Gore
Art Direction
Bernard Herzbrun
Art Direction

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