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Up the River

1930 · US

Directed by John Ford

St. Louis, a confidence man, and Dannemora Dan break out of prison to fix a friend's trouble and break back in for the big baseball game. Spencer Tracy, in his first feature, is St. Louis; Humphrey Bogart is the friend, a trusty going straight for a girl in the women's wing; and this is the only film in which the two of them appear together. John Ford turned a prison drama into a comedy when MGM's The Big House got to theatres first, said the script was a bunch of junk, and made the prison a small town with bars. Warren Hymer is Dan. Fox, 1930.

Crime · Comedy

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1930 · Source: Wikimedia Commons

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Public Domain Source

Wikimedia Commons · FM-54; File:Up the River (1930).webm; 1418x1080

Video: John Ford · Credit: Up the River · Public domain · Source: File page

Cast & Crew

John Ford · DirectorSpencer Tracy · Saint LouisClaire Luce · Judy Fields

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Cast

Principal players
Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Saint Louis

Claire Luce

Claire Luce

Judy Fields

Warren Hymer

Warren Hymer

Dannemora Dan

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

Steve Jordan

William Collier Sr.

William Collier Sr.

Pop

J

Joan Marie Lawes

Jean

Marion Aye

Marion Aye

Actress (uncredited)

Ward Bond

Ward Bond

Inmate Socked by Saint Louis (uncredited)

J

Joe Brown

Deputy Warden (uncredited)

Bob Burns

Bob Burns

Slim - Bazooka Player (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Eddy Chandler

Guard (uncredited)

E

Edythe Chapman

Mrs. Jordan (uncredited)

Harvey Clark

Harvey Clark

Nash (uncredited)

Dick Curtis

Dick Curtis

New Inmate (uncredited)

M

Mike Donlin

Upstate Baseball Manager (uncredited)

Crew

Maurine Dallas Watkins

writer

Joseph H. August

cinematographer

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