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The Canary Comes Across
1938 | 21m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Will Jason |
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| Writer: | |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 26, 1938 |
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| Director: | Will Jason |
| Writer: | |
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| Keywords | prison escape, singer, escaped prisoner, singing competition, glee club |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 04, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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 | Convict (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| Will Jason | Director |
| Robert Pittack | Director of Photography |
| David Snell | Music |
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| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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