Up the River (1938)
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.
- Released
- 1938-12-09
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Alfred L. Werker, John Patrick, Lou Breslow
- TMDB rating
- 8.5/10 from 2 votes
Cast
- Preston Foster as 'Chipper' Morgan
- Tony Martin as Tommy Grant
- Phyllis Brooks as Helen Lindsay
- Slim Summerville as Slim Nelson
- Arthur Treacher as Darby Randall
- Eddie Collins as Fisheye Conroy
- Jane Darwell as Mrs. Graham
- Sidney Toler as Jeffrey Mitchell
- Bill Robinson as Memphis Jones
- Edward Gargan as Tiny
- Dorothy Dearing as Martha Graham
- Charles D. Brown as Warden Harris