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UNITED STATES · 1930
Up the River
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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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prison life · redemption · friendship · blackmail · sports competition
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