Up the River

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.

• Alfred L. WerkerDirector
• John PatrickScreenplay
• Lou BreslowScreenplay

• Preston Foster'Chipper' Morgan
• Tony MartinTommy Grant
• Phyllis BrooksHelen Lindsay
• Slim SummervilleSlim Nelson
• Arthur TreacherDarby Randall
• Eddie CollinsFisheye Conroy
• Jane DarwellMrs. Graham
• Sidney TolerJeffrey Mitchell
• Bill RobinsonMemphis Jones
• Edward GarganTiny
• Dorothy DearingMartha Graham
• Charles D. BrownWarden Harris