The Canary Murder Case (1929)
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. Written by Tony Fontana
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.183 |
Directed By
Malcolm St. Clair
Frank Tuttle
Crew
Malcolm St. Clair
Frank Tuttle
Albert S. Le Vino
Florence Ryerson
S.S. Van Dine
Louis D. Lighton
William Shea
Travis Banton
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Cliff Blackstone
Harry Fischbeck
Karl Hajos
TOP CAST
William Powell
Philo Vance
Louise Brooks
The Canary
Jean Arthur
Alice LaFosse
James Hall
Jimmy Spottswoode
Charles Lane
Charles Spottswoode
Lawrence Grant
John Cleaver
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Dr. Ambrose Lindquist
E.H. Calvert
Dist. Atty. John F.X. Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)
Eugene Pallette
Sgt. Ernest Heath
Ned Sparks
Tony Skeel
Louis John Bartels
Mannix
Tim Adair
George Y. Harvey (uncredited)
Margaret Livingston
Double for Margaret O'Dell (uncredited)
Oscar Smith
Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited)
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