Up the River (1938)
1938 · 1h 15m · Comedy
Genres: Comedy
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.
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Writers: John Patrick, Lou Breslow, Maurine Dallas Watkins
Music by: Samuel Kaylin
Cinematography: J. Peverell Marley
Cast
Preston Foster as 'Chipper' MorganTony Martin as Tommy GrantPhyllis Brooks as Helen LindsaySlim Summerville as Slim NelsonArthur Treacher as Darby RandallEddie Collins as Fisheye ConroyJane Darwell as Mrs. GrahamSidney Toler as Jeffrey MitchellBill Robinson as Memphis JonesEdward Gargan as TinyDorothy Dearing as Martha GrahamCharles D. Brown as Warden HarrisMore like this
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