

The Canary Murder Case
1929 · Movie · 1h 22m · NR
CrimeMystery
"Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?"
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
5.9/10
Key crew
- Malcolm St. ClairDirector
- Frank TuttleDirector
- Florence RyersonScreenplay
- Karl HajosOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- William PowellPhilo Vance
- James HallJimmie Spottswoode
- Louise BrooksThe Canary
- Jean ArthurAlice LaFosse
- Charles LaneCharles Spottswoode
- Lawrence GrantJohn Cleaver
- Gustav von SeyffertitzDr. Ambrose Lindquist
- E.H. CalvertDistrict Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)
- Eugene PalletteSergeant Heath
- Ned SparksTony Skeel
- Louis John BartelsLouis Mannix
- Tim AdairGeorge Y. Harvey (uncredited)
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Themes
self sacrificeblackmailstage showbeautiful womanmurderdistrict attorneybroadwayshowgirlpre-codepolice investigationphilo vanceduplicity























