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May 27, 2012 · The term “up the river” as most people know refers to going to prison. So where did the saying come from? In the 1800’s, when you were charged with a crime and sent to prison in New York City, the accused would first be taken to the prison on Centre Street in lower Manhattan which was known as “the Tombs” built in 1838.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Up the River is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford, and starring Claire Luce, Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart. The plot concerns escaped convicts, as well as a female convict. It was the feature film debut role of both Tracy and Bogart.
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Up River: Directed by Carl Kitt. With Morgan Stevens, Jeff Corey, Dale Wilson, John 'Bear' Curtis. A young man meets with violent hostility as he attempts to fulfil his dream of making a life for himself in the wilds of British Columbia at the turn of the 20th Century.
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Up the River is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by John Ford, and starring Claire Luce, Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart. The plot concerns escaped convicts, as well as a female convict. It was the feature film debut role of both Tracy and Bogart.
Nov 22, 2023 · The idiom "up the river" has its roots in the geography of New York. Historically, when someone was convicted of a crime in New York City, they were sent to a prison up the Hudson River. This practice gave birth to the phrase.
Up River. 1979 Directed by Carl Kitt. A young man meets with violent hostility as he attempts to fulfil his dream of making a life for himself in the wilds of British Columbia at the turn of the 20th Century. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases. Morgan Stevens Jeff Corey Dale Wilson John 'Bear' Curtis David L. Crowley Mikal Dughi Deborah Au Luce.
The film follows a river journey from South Vietnam into Cambodia undertaken by Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), who is on a secret mission to assassinate Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando), a renegade Special Forces officer who is accused of murder and presumed insane.
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- Carmine Coppola, Francis Coppola
