---
title: 'Up the River (1930)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Ford'
released: '1930-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/up-the-river-1930'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021508/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Up the River (1930)

1930 · 92 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford)
- **Screenplay:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford), [Maurine Dallas Watkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurine-dallas-watkins)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James F. Hanley](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-f-hanley)
- **Producer:** [William Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-fox-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph H. August](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-h-august)

## Cast

- [Sharon Lynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/sharon-lynn)
- [Johnnie Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnnie-walker)
- [Humphrey Bogart](https://cinepixo.com/people/humphrey-bogart)
- [Eddy Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddy-chandler)
- [Warren Hymer](https://cinepixo.com/people/warren-hymer)
- [Edythe Chapman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edythe-chapman)
- [William Collier Sr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-collier-sr)
- [Claire Luce](https://cinepixo.com/people/claire-luce)
- [Spencer Tracy](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-tracy)
- [Bob Burns](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-burns-2)
- [Robert Emmett O'Connor](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-emmett-o-connor)
- [Noel Francis](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-francis)
- [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond)
- [Robert Parrish](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-parrish)
- [Morgan Wallace](https://cinepixo.com/people/morgan-wallace)

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