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Up the River (1938)
75 min | Comedy, Romance

Up the River (1938)

75 min | Comedy, Romance

Card sharps Chipper Morgan and Darby Randall pick the wrong victim, Detective Willis, on a transatlantic crossing, and are arrested upon docking in New York and returned up the river to Rockwell Prison, their old alma mater. They had ...See moreCard sharps Chipper Morgan and Darby Randall pick the wrong victim, Detective Willis, on a transatlantic crossing, and are arrested upon docking in New York and returned up the river to Rockwell Prison, their old alma mater. They had played brilliant football for "dear old Pen" during their prior semesters, and prison coach Slim Nelson is happy to see them back for graduate work, especially with the annual grudge game with Larson State Pen coming up. Willis, who has been named the new warden for Rockwell, gives them soft jobs and then places a large bet on the Larson eleven. Both Chipper and Darby feel badly about the raw deal handed fellow "student" Tommy Grant and his sweetheart, Helen, who were innocently caught up in a phony pension racket ran by swindlers Jeffrey Mitchell and Ray Douglas, and were both jailed. When Phyllis is released from Stillwell Prison for Women, she tells Tommy about the two men and their racket, and he decides to escape, even though he has only a month more to serve, and put an end to their scheme. He plans his break for the night of the prison's "varsity show" and tells Chipper and Darby, who promise to help him. But the pair tie up Tommy and make the break themselves, dressed as women. They go to Springfield, save the victim's money, get a confession from Mitchell and Douglas clearing Tommy and Helen, turn them over to the sheriff... and race back to Rockwell to find their team behind 14-9 late in the game. Can they lead old Rockwell to a comeback victory? Written by Les Adams See less

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50 cast members

Name	Known for
Preston Foster 'Chipper' Morgan 'Chipper' Morgan See fewer	Two Seconds (1932)
Tony Martin Tommy Grant Tommy Grant See fewer	The Big Store (1941)
Phyllis Brooks Helen Lindsay Helen Lindsay See fewer	Dangerously Yours (1937)
Slim Summerville Slim Nelson Slim Nelson See fewer	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Arthur Treacher Darby Randall Darby Randall See fewer	Mary Poppins (1964)
Alan Dinehart Warden Clarence Willis Warden Clarence Willis See fewer	Supernatural (1933)
Eddie Collins Fisheye Conroy Fisheye Conroy See fewer	The Blue Bird (1940)
Jane Darwell Mrs. Graham Mrs. Graham See fewer	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Sidney Toler Jeffrey Mitchell Jeffrey Mitchell See fewer	Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
Bill Robinson Memphis Jones Memphis Jones See fewer	The Shape of Water (2017)
Edward Gargan Tiny Tiny See fewer	The Falcon's Brother (1942)
Robert Allen Ray Douglas Ray Douglas See fewer	Air Hawks (1935)
Dorothy Dearing Martha Graham Martha Graham See fewer	Girl in 313 (1940)
Charles D. Brown Warden Harris Warden Harris See fewer	The Big Sleep (1946)
Carol Adams Prison Show Spectator (uncredited) Prison Show Spectator (uncredited) See fewer	Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
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