The Canary Murder Case (1929)

"Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?"

5.7 February 16, 1929 1h 22m Released
CrimeMystery

A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and with that she ends up dead. But who killed "the Canary". All the suspects knew and were used by her and everyone had a motive to see her dead. The only witness to the crime has also been 'rubbed out'. Only one man, the keen, fascinating, debonair detective Philo Vance, would be able to figure out who is the killer.

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Cast

  • William Powell

    William Powell

    Philo Vance

  • James Hall

    James Hall

    Jimmie Spottswoode

  • Louise Brooks

    Louise Brooks

    The Canary

  • Jean Arthur

    Jean Arthur

    Alice LaFosse

  • Charles Lane

    Charles Lane

    Charles Spottswoode

  • Lawrence Grant

    Lawrence Grant

    John Cleaver

  • Gustav von Seyffertitz

    Gustav von Seyffertitz

    Dr. Ambrose Lindquist

  • E.H. Calvert

    E.H. Calvert

    District Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)

  • Eugene Pallette

    Eugene Pallette

    Sergeant Heath

  • Ned Sparks

    Ned Sparks

    Tony Skeel

  • Louis John Bartels

    Louis John Bartels

    Louis Mannix

  • Tim Adair

    Tim Adair

    George Y. Harvey (uncredited)

  • Margaret Livingston

    Margaret Livingston

    Body Double for Louise Brooks (uncredited)

  • Oscar Smith

    Oscar Smith

    Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited)

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