Jail House Blues

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Jail House Blues

"LOVE,LAUGHS AND LYRICS IN LOCKSTEP TIME!"

1942

1h 2m

9.0(1 votes)

Comedy

Music

Overview

A prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his fellow inmates.

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12 members

Acting

Nat Pendleton

Sonny McGann

Acting

Anne Gwynne

Doris Daniels

Acting

Robert Paige

Cliff Bailey

Acting

Horace McMahon

Swifty

Acting

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Alyosius McGonigle McGann

Acting

Warren Hymer

Big Foot Louie

Acting

Samuel S. Hinds

Mr. Thomas Daniels

Acting

Cliff Clark

Warden Boswell

Acting

John Kelly

Snork

Acting

Reed Hadley

Boston

Acting

Paul Fix

Danny

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Dewey Robinson

Liverlip

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