Up the River

Up the River
Directed byJohn Ford
Written byMaurine Dallas Watkins
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringSpencer Tracy
Humphrey Bogart
CinematographyJoseph H. August
Edited byFrank E. Hull
Music byJames F. Hanley
Joseph McCarthy
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • October 10, 1930 (1930-10-10) (New York)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.