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The Canary Murder Case
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The Canary Murder Case

1929-02-16 · 82 min · ★ 5.8

Crime · Mystery

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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Directors
Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle
Production companies
Paramount Pictures, Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

William PowellWilliam PowellPhilo Vance
James HallJames HallJimmie Spottswoode
Louise BrooksLouise BrooksThe Canary
Jean ArthurJean ArthurAlice LaFosse
Charles LaneCharles LaneCharles Spottswoode
Lawrence GrantLawrence GrantJohn Cleaver
Gustav von SeyffertitzGustav von SeyffertitzDr. Ambrose Lindquist
E.H. CalvertE.H. CalvertDistrict Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)
Eugene PalletteEugene PalletteSergeant Heath
Ned SparksNed SparksTony Skeel
Louis John BartelsLouis John BartelsLouis Mannix
Tim AdairGeorge Y. Harvey (uncredited)
Margaret LivingstonMargaret LivingstonBody Double for Louise Brooks (uncredited)
Oscar SmithOscar SmithStuttering Hallboy (uncredited)

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