The Canary Murder Case (1929)
Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?
- Crime
- Mystery
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.
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (29 votes)
- Release date
- February 16, 1929
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Language
- English
- Director
- Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle
- Status
- Released
Top 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 MannixTim AdairGeorge Y. Harvey (uncredited)
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