The Canary Murder Case (1929)
Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?
82 min
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.
- Release date
- February 16, 1929
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- William Powell as Philo Vance
- Jean Arthur as Alice LaFosse
- James Hall as Jimmie Spottswoode
- Louise Brooks as Margaret O'Dell aka 'The Canary'
- Charles Lane as Charles Spottswoode
- Lawrence Grant as John Cleaver
- Gustav von Seyffertitz as Dr. Ambrose Lindquist
- E.H. Calvert as District Attorney John F.X. Markham
- Eugene Pallette as Sgt. Ernest Heath
- Ned Sparks as Tony Skeel
Crew
- Malcolm St. Clair · Director
- S.S. Van Dine · Writer
- Albert S. Le Vino · Writer
- Herman J. Mankiewicz · Writer
- Florence Ryerson · Writer
- Harry Fischbeck · Cinematographer