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The Canary Murder Case

Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?
Feb 16, 1929 · 1h 22m
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Crime
Mystery

PLOT

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.

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CAST

William Powell
Philo Vance
James Hall
Jimmie Spottswoode
Louise Brooks
The Canary
Jean Arthur
Alice LaFosse
Charles Lane
Charles Spottswoode
Lawrence Grant
John Cleaver
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Dr. Ambrose Lindquist
E.H. Calvert
District Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Paramount Pictures, Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
Country
US

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