- Up the River
:"For the 1938 film, see Up the River."Infobox Film
name = Up the River
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director =John Ford
producer = William Fox
writer =Maurine Dallas Watkins
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starring =Spencer Tracy Claire Luce Warren Hymer Humphrey Bogart
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cinematography =Joseph H. August
editing =Frank E. Hull
distributor =Fox Film Corporation
released =12 October 1930
runtime = 92 min
country = USA
language = English
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imdb_id = 0021508"Up the River" (1930) is a comedy film about escaped convicts, directed by
John Ford and featuringSpencer Tracy andHumphrey Bogart in their feature film debuts.Cast
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Spencer Tracy as Saint Louis
*Claire Luce as Judy
*Warren Hymer as Dannemora Dan
*Humphrey Bogart as Steve
*William Collier, Sr. as Pop
*Joan Marie Lawes as Jean
*George MacFarlane as Jessup
*Robert Emmett O'Connor as Warden
*Steve Pendleton as Morris
*Sharon Lynn as Edith LaVerne
*Noel Francis as Sophie
*Goodee Montgomery as Kit
*Bob Burns as Slim (billed as Robert Burns)
*John Swor as Clem
*Louise Mackintosh as Mrs. MasseyCasting
Tracy had starred in three shorts earlier the same year and Bogart had been an unbilled extra in a silent movie a decade before, but this is the first credited feature film for both actors. This was the only feature film that close friends Tracy and Bogart ever made together. They tried to make "
The Desperate Hours " in 1955, but neither would consent to second billing, so the role intended for Tracy went toFredric March instead.Claire Luce (1903–1989) made very few films, but was on Broadway in many plays from 1923–1952. She should not be confused with the more famous author and playwright
Clare Boothe Luce (1903–1987).External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021508 "Up the River" at IMDB]
* [http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/title.jsp?stid=94575 "Up the River" at TCM Movie Database]
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