Up the River (1930)




Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy - Up the River




Saint Louis and Dannemora Dan, both hardened criminals, are incarcerated. Also behind bars is Steve, and in the female section, his beloved, Judy.


Vintage magazines

Photoplay , December 1930

Books with substantial mentioning of Up the River

James Robert Parish
Prison Pictures from Hollywood, Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 293 Theatrical and Made-for-Television Releases
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

J.A. Place
The Non-Western Films of John Ford
Secaucus, NJ, 1979

Donald Descher
The Films of Spencer Tracy
New York, 1968

Clifford McCarty
Bogey, The Films of Humphrey Bogart
New York, NY, 1965

Books with an entry on Up the River

Aubrey Solomon
The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935, A history and filmography
Jefferson, N.C., 2011

Larry Langman and Daniel Finn
A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties
Westport, Connecticut - London, 1995