The Canary Murder Case
1929 · 82 min
Crime · Mystery
★ 5.7A 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.
Crew
- Director Malcolm St. Clair
- Director Frank Tuttle
- Screenplay Florence Ryerson
- Director of Photography Cliff Blackstone
- Director of Photography Harry Fischbeck
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
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Tim Adair
George Y. Harvey (uncredited)
Crew
- Director — Malcolm St. Clair
- Director — Frank Tuttle
- Screenplay — Florence Ryerson
- Director of Photography — Cliff Blackstone
- Director of Photography — Harry Fischbeck
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