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Up the River (1930)

Up the River poster
Directed by
John Ford
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two former convicts try to go straight after they leave prison. Their plans get complicated when a woman from their past turns up.

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What happens

Up the River is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Luce as well as Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart in their feature-film debuts and the only film in which the men appeared together. Fox remade the film in 1938 starring Preston Foster and Tony Martin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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