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Small-time crook Harry Snodgrass is sentenced to three years in Missouri State Penitentiary following a botched attempt to hold up a confectioner's shop in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. When prison officials learn he can play piano, Snodgrass is allowed to join the prison band, described by the Chicago Tribune as 'twenty-eight thugs convicted of crimes ranging from embezzlement to burglary to murder.' The band broadcasts from the studio of Radio station WOS located beneath the Capitol Building in Jefferson City, Missouri, and Snodgrass becomes exceptionally popular. After leaving prison, he will record for Brunswick Records, billed as 'King Of The Ivories'.
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