Up the River
1930 · 85 MIN · IMDB 5.9 · 1,424 VOTES · DIR. John Ford
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 970 lines
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00:01:00 Look at this, a roadster. And the gang promised me a limousine.
00:05:09 Why, no, sir. But I can play a saxophone.
00:07:42 - I got plenty of time- 30 years. - Nix, only 20 for me.
00:11:28 Through here. Number one, right here please.
00:13:48 - What's yours? - Spittin' in a river.
00:16:06 - I'd like a double bed. And running water. - Sure.
00:19:01 - I think you're up there. - Me?
00:23:58 - What a jam!
00:26:25 Yes, I am.
00:29:31 Just three months too late, Frosby, and never mind the "darling."
00:32:23 - Good day, boys.
00:35:08 Your family mustn't see letters with this postmark.
00:38:21 - Really? - Indeed. Your son and I happen to have a mutual acquaintance.
00:41:09 Why-Why, that spells moron.
00:44:24 - I'll be seeing you. - Go ahead, mister. Will you play it for me?
00:52:36 Quiet, now. Quiet, boys. Every man stay in his own place.
00:56:15 Frosby, be down at the train tonight to make sure you don't miss it.
00:59:17 Pretty.
01:01:52 Well, your friends are cordially invited...
01:06:44 - Here's a cigarette. - I don't want one.
01:12:11 That's all we wanted to know.
01:15:00 Now have you got that poem for Judy, ya half-wit?
01:18:53 You're goin' right to New England.
01:21:23 I won't need that.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed970
Dialogue density11.4 lines / min
First line00:01:00
Final line01:21:23
Production Record
DirectorJohn Ford
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,424