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Up the River

Up the River1930

★5.785 minComedyCrime

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.

Director

Writer

Maurine Dallas Watkins

Score

James F. Hanley

Stars

Spencer Tracy Claire Luce Warren Hymer

Cast36

Spencer Tracy
as Saint Louis
Claire Luce
as Judy Fields
Warren Hymer
as Dannemora Dan
Humphrey Bogart
as Steve Jordan
William Collier Sr.
as Pop
J
Joan Marie Lawes
as Jean
Marion Aye
as Actress (uncredited)
Ward Bond
as Inmate Socked by Saint Louis (uncredited)
J
Joe Brown
as Deputy Warden (uncredited)
Bob Burns
as Slim - Bazooka Player (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Guard (uncredited)
Edythe Chapman
as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)
Harvey Clark
as Nash (uncredited)
Dick Curtis
as New Inmate (uncredited)
Mike Donlin
as Upstate Baseball Manager (uncredited)
Noel Francis
as Sophie (uncredited)
A
Althea Henley
as Cynthia Jordan (uncredited)
E
Elizabeth Keating
as May (uncredited)
H
Helen Keating
as June (uncredited)
Richard Keene
as Dick (uncredited)
Sharon Lynn
as Edith La Verne (uncredited)
George MacFarlane
as Whiteley (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
as Honest John Jessup (uncredited)
Louise Mackintosh
as Mrs. Massey (uncredited)
Goodee Montgomery
as Kit (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Prison Warden (uncredited)
Robert Parrish
as Boy (uncredited)
Claude Payton
as Guard (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
as Morris (uncredited)
Pat Somerset
as Beauchamp (uncredited)
J
John Swor
as Clem (uncredited)
M
Mildred Vincent
as Annie (uncredited)
Johnnie Walker
as Happy (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
as Frosby (uncredited)
A
Adele Windsor
as Minnie (uncredited)
C
Carol Wines
as Daisy Elmore (uncredited)

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