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Cyril St. John
Played by Dave Foley
Cyril St. John, billed as "The Escapist", is the fictional vaudeville escape artist at the centre of a mock documentary from The Kids in the Hall (season 4, 1993), played by Dave Foley. The film follows him from wet-paper-bag escapes…
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Cyril St. John, billed as "The Escapist", is the fictional vaudeville escape artist at the centre of a mock documentary from The Kids in the Hall (season 4, 1993), played by Dave Foley. The film follows him from wet-paper-bag escapes through decades spent trapped in a straitjacket.
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