Movie: The Canary Murder Case

Top 10 Billed Cast

William Powell
William Powell

Philo Vance

Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks

The Canary

Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur

Alice LaFosse

James Hall
James Hall

Jimmy Spottswoode

Charles Lane
Charles Lane

Charles Spottswoode

Lawrence Grant
Lawrence Grant

John Cleaver

Gustav von Seyffertitz
Gustav von Seyffertitz

Dr. Ambrose Lindquist

E.H. Calvert
E.H. Calvert

Dist. Atty. John F.X. Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)

Eugene Pallette
Eugene Pallette

Sgt. Ernest Heath

Ned Sparks
Ned Sparks

Tony Skeel

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    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

  • Release Date

    1929-02-16

  • Average

    5.5

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
  • Tagline

    Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?

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  • Languages:

    English
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