Up the River (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.
Director: John Ford
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Spencer Tracy as Saint Louis |
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Claire Luce as Judy Fields |
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Warren Hymer as Dannemora Dan |
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Humphrey Bogart as Steve Jordan |
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William Collier Sr. as Pop |
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Joan Marie Lawes as Jean |
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Marion Aye as Actress (uncredited) |
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Ward Bond as Inmate Socked by Saint Louis (uncredited) |
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Joe Brown as Deputy Warden (uncredited) |
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Bob Burns as Slim - Bazooka Player (uncredited) |
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Eddy Chandler as Guard (uncredited) |
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Edythe Chapman as Mrs. Jordan (uncredited) |
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Harvey Clark as Nash (uncredited) |
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Dick Curtis as New Inmate (uncredited) |
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Mike Donlin as Upstate Baseball Manager (uncredited) |
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Noel Francis as Sophie (uncredited) |
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Althea Henley as Cynthia Jordan (uncredited) |
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Elizabeth Keating as May (uncredited) |
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Helen Keating as June (uncredited) |
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Richard Keene as Dick (uncredited) |
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Sharon Lynn as Edith La Verne (uncredited) |
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George MacFarlane as Whiteley (uncredited) |
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Wilbur Mack as Honest John Jessup (uncredited) |
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Louise Mackintosh as Mrs. Massey (uncredited) |
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Goodee Montgomery as Kit (uncredited) |
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Robert Emmett O'Connor as Prison Warden (uncredited) |
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Robert Parrish as Boy (uncredited) |
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Claude Payton as Guard (uncredited) |
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Steve Pendleton as Morris (uncredited) |
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Pat Somerset as Beauchamp (uncredited) |
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John Swor as Clem (uncredited) |
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Mildred Vincent as Annie (uncredited) |
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Johnnie Walker as Happy (uncredited) |
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Morgan Wallace as Frosby (uncredited) |
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Adele Windsor as Minnie (uncredited) |
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Carol Wines as Daisy Elmore (uncredited) |
| Directing | Edward O'Fearna | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sam Benson | Wardrobe Master |
| Production | William Fox | Producer |
| Directing | Wingate Smith | Assistant Director |
| Directing | John Ford | Director |
| Writing | Maurine Dallas Watkins | Story |
| Editing | Frank E. Hull | Editor |
| Art | Duncan Cramer | Settings |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sophie Wachner | Costume Design |
| Sound | James F. Hanley | Music |
| Sound | W.W. Lindsay Jr. | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Joseph H. August | Director of Photography |
| Crew | William Collier Sr. | Choreographer |