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Up the River

8.519381h 15mMovieComedy

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.

DirectorAlfred L. Werker
WritersJohn Patrick·Lou Breslow
ProducerSol M. Wurtzel

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Cast · Directed by Alfred L. Werker

PFPreston Foster
Preston Foster
'Chipper' Morgan
TMTony Martin
Tony Martin
Tommy Grant
PBPhyllis Brooks
Phyllis Brooks
Helen Lindsay
SSSlim Summerville
Slim Summerville
Slim Nelson
ATArthur Treacher
Arthur Treacher
Darby Randall
ECEddie Collins
Eddie Collins
Fisheye Conroy
JDJane Darwell
Jane Darwell
Mrs. Graham
STSidney Toler
Sidney Toler
Jeffrey Mitchell
BRBill Robinson
Bill Robinson
Memphis Jones
EGEdward Gargan
Edward Gargan
Tiny
DD
Dorothy Dearing
Martha Graham
CBCharles D. Brown
Charles D. Brown
Warden Harris

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