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The Canary Murder Case (1929)

NR ★ 5.6/10 82 min Crime, Mystery United States English
Adaptation: Albert S. Le Vino
Screenplay by: Florence Ryerson
Novel: S.S. Van Dine
Dialogue: S.S. Van Dine
Streaming: Not available
Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?

Description

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.

Top Cast

William Powell
William Powell Philo Vance
James Hall
James Hall Jimmie Spottswoode
Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks The Canary
Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur Alice LaFosse
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 District Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)

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