Up the River
5.9
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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Cast
12 people
Preston Foster
'Chipper' Morgan
Known for
The Time Travelers
I Shot Jesse James
Tony Martin
Tommy Grant
Known for
The Big Store
Phyllis Brooks
Helen Lindsay
Known for
The Shanghai Gesture
Slim Summerville
Slim Nelson
Known for
All Quiet on the Western Front
Jesse James
Arthur Treacher
Darby Randall
Known for
Mary Poppins
Heidi
Eddie Collins
Fisheye Conroy
Known for
Young Mr. Lincoln
Drums Along the Mohawk
Jane Darwell
Mrs. Graham
Known for
The Grapes of Wrath
Mary Poppins
Sidney Toler
Jeffrey Mitchell
Known for
Our Relations
Blonde Venus
Bill Robinson
Memphis Jones
Known for
Stormy Weather
Edward Gargan
Tiny
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Detective Kitty O'Day
A-Haunting We Will Go
Dorothy Dearing
Martha Graham
Charles D. Brown
Warden Harris
Known for
The Big Sleep
The Killers
Alfred L. Werker Director · Lou Breslow Screenplay John Patrick Screenplay
United States release December 9, 1938 · Produced in United States · Working title Hard to Get
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
United States
Produced in
Hard to Get
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Original language
English
Release dates
United States · December 9, 1938
Theatrical
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