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.
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Erik Rhodes as Canary Dillon
Virginia Grey as Ann Clayton
Maurice Black as Scarpuss
Oscar O'Shea as Warden Clayton
George Cooper as Dutch (uncredited)
Lester Dorr as Convict (uncredited)
George Guhl as Prison Gate Guard (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff as Convict (uncredited)
United States 26 January 1938
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