Up the River (1938 film)

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Up the River
Directed by	Alfred L. Werker
Written by	Lou Breslow John Patrick Maurine Dallas Watkins
Produced by	Sol M. Wurtzel
Starring	Preston Foster Tony Martin Arthur Treacher
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley
Edited by	Nick DeMaggio
Music by	Samuel Kaylin
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	December 9, 1938 (1938-12-09)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Up the River is a 1938 American prison comedy film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Preston Foster and Arthur Treacher and featuring Bill "Bojangles" Robinson. The film is a remake of a 1930 film with the same name directed by John Ford and starring Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart in the roles subsequently played by Foster and Tony Martin. The remake changed the sport the plot revolves around from baseball to football.^[1]