Up the River (1938)
75 min
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
- Country of origin
- United States
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
- Alan Dinehart as Warden Clarence Willis
- Eddie Collins as Fisheye Conroy
- Jane Darwell as Mrs. Graham
- Sidney Toler as Jeffrey Mitchell
- Bill Robinson as Memphis Jones
Crew
- Alfred L. Werker · Director
- Lou Breslow · Writer
- John Patrick · Writer
- Maurine Dallas Watkins · Writer
- Sol M. Wurtzel · Producer
- J. Peverell Marley · Cinematographer
- Nick DeMaggio · Editor