Up the River

Up the River — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 9, 1938
• Runtime
• 75 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Alfred L. Werker

Up the River — 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