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The Canary Murder Case (1929)

Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?

82 minCrimeMystery
TMDb5.7/1027 votes

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.

Country: United States

Director: Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle

Cast

William Powell as Philo Vance

William Powell

Philo Vance

James Hall as Jimmie Spottswoode

James Hall

Jimmie Spottswoode

Louise Brooks as The Canary

Louise Brooks

The Canary

Jean Arthur as Alice LaFosse

Jean Arthur

Alice LaFosse

Charles Lane as Charles Spottswoode

Charles Lane

Charles Spottswoode

Lawrence Grant as John Cleaver

Lawrence Grant

John Cleaver

Gustav von Seyffertitz as Dr. Ambrose Lindquist

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Dr. Ambrose Lindquist

E.H. Calvert as District Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)

E.H. Calvert

District Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)

Eugene Pallette as Sergeant Heath

Eugene Pallette

Sergeant Heath

Ned Sparks as Tony Skeel

Ned Sparks

Tony Skeel

Louis John Bartels as Louis Mannix

Louis John Bartels

Louis Mannix

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Tim Adair

George Y. Harvey (uncredited)

Margaret Livingston as Body Double for Louise Brooks (uncredited)

Margaret Livingston

Body Double for Louise Brooks (uncredited)

Oscar Smith as Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited)

Oscar Smith

Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited)

Keywords

Plot:self sacrificeblackmailstage showbeautiful womanmurderdistrict attorneybroadwayshowgirlpre-codepolice investigationphilo vanceduplicityfather son relationshipstrangledsociety sleuth

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