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Up the River

12/09/1938

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1hr 15min

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Comedy

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Preston Foster
  • Tony Martin
  • Phyllis Brooks
  • Slim Summerville
  • Arthur Treacher

    Director

  • Alfred L. Werker

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • 20th Century Fox

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

    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