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The Canary Murder Case
The Canary Murder Case
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The Canary Murder Case

1929
1h 22m
Crime
Mystery

Status

Released

Release

1929

Runtime

1h 22m

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Storyline

"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.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 22m
Feb 16, 1929
Languages
English
Director
Malcolm St. Clair
Malcolm St. Clair
Frank Tuttle
Frank Tuttle
Production
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

14 Cast Members

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

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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