The Canary Comes Across

Jan 26, 1938

0h 21m

★ 3.5

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.

Genres

Music

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

The Canary Comes Across Trailers

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Cast

Canary Dillon

Erik Rhodes

Ann Clayton

Virginia Grey

Scarpuss

Maurice Black

Warden Clayton

Oscar O'Shea

Dutch (uncredited)

George Cooper

Convict (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Prison Gate Guard (uncredited)

George Guhl

Convict (uncredited)

Constantine Romanoff

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