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Up the River
UNITED STATES · 1930

Up the River

John Ford
prison life redemption friendship blackmail sports competition
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Synopsis

Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.

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