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Up the River

“You bet ~ IT'S FUNNY a movietone laugh riot.”

1930 · 1 h 32 min
Directed by John Ford
ComedyCrimeDrama

Cast

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Plot

Daily life at men and women's prison units where behind bars comes a romance, a break and a baseball game.

Sinekatalog’s take

John Ford's early sound comedy, with Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart in their first film, is loose and amiable.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 5.9 / 10 (1,575 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.