The Canary Murder Case

The Canary Murder Case

82 mins | Crime, Mystery | Feb. 16, 1929

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

The Canary Murder Case

82 mins | Crime, Mystery | Feb. 16, 1929

The Canary Murder Case
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
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Paramount
Original title The Canary Murder Case
Directors Malcolm St. Clair
Writers Albert S. Le Vino, S.S. Van Dine, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Florence Ryerson

Cast

William Powell

as Philo Vance

Louise Brooks

as The Canary

Jean Arthur

as Alice LaFosse

James Hall

as Jimmy Spottswoode

Charles Lane

as Charles Spottswoode

Lawrence Grant

as John Cleaver

Gustav von Seyffertitz

as Dr. Ambrose Lindquist

E.H. Calvert

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

Eugene Pallette

as Sgt. Ernest Heath

Ned Sparks

as Tony Skeel

Louis John Bartels

as Mannix

Tim Adair

as George Y. Harvey (uncredited)

Margaret Livingston

as Double for Margaret O'Dell (uncredited)

Oscar Smith

as Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited)