Up the River

Name: Up the River
Genre: comedy, crime
Released: 1930
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Claire Luce, Warren Hymer, Humphrey Bogart, William Collier Sr.

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A story of prison loyalty, moral crisis, and voluntary redemption culminating in institutional camaraderie.

Comedy, Crime · 5.9/10 · 85 min · 1930

Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.

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John Ford
story

Maurine Dallas Watkins
actor

as Saint Louis

Spencer Tracy
actor

as Judy Fields

Claire Luce
actor

as Dannemora Dan

Warren Hymer

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