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The Canary Murder Case 1929 Directed by Malcolm St. Clair , Frank Tuttle

Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Crime , Mystery
Production Company Paramount Pictures
Release Date 16 February 1929
82 mins
Cast
William Powell Philo Vance
James Hall Jimmie Spottswoode
Louise Brooks The Canary
Jean Arthur Alice LaFosse
Charles Lane Charles Spottswoode
Lawrence Grant John Cleaver
Gustav von Seyffertitz Dr. Ambrose Lindquist
E.H. Calvert District Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)
Eugene Pallette Sergeant Heath
Ned Sparks Tony Skeel
Louis John Bartels Louis Mannix
Tim Adair George Y. Harvey (uncredited)
Margaret Livingston Body Double for Louise Brooks (uncredited)
Oscar Smith Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited)