The Canary Murder Case
1929 · Movie · NR · 82 min · ★ 5.7 · 38% critics
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
- Years
- 1929
- Release date
- 1929-02-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 82 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 38/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (27 votes)
Themes
- self sacrifice
- blackmail
- stage show
- beautiful woman
- murder
- district attorney
- broadway
- showgirl
- pre-code
- police investigation
- philo vance
- duplicity
- +3 more
Cast & crew
William Powell
as Philo Vance
James Hall
as Jimmie Spottswoode
Louise Brooks
as The Canary
Jean Arthur
as Alice LaFosse
Charles Lane
as Charles Spottswoode
Lawrence Grant
as John Cleaver
Gustav von Seyffertitz
as Dr. Ambrose Lindquist
E.H. Calvert
as District Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)
Eugene Pallette
as Sergeant Heath
Ned Sparks
as Tony Skeel
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle