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The Canary Comes Across

3.5/10

January 26, 1938

21 minutes

Will Jason

Music

Overview

A prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who looks like him is delivered back to the prison and receives attention, especially from Ann, the warden's daughter who leads the prison glee club.

Movie Details

Release Date

January 26, 1938

Runtime

21 minutes

Director

Will Jason

Rating

3.5/10

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Cast

Erik Rhodes

Canary Dillon

Virginia Grey

Ann Clayton

Maurice Black

Scarpuss

Oscar O'Shea

Warden Clayton

George Cooper

Dutch (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Convict (uncredited)

George Guhl

Prison Gate Guard (uncredited)

Constantine Romanoff