The Canary Murder Case
Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?
1929 | 82m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle |
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| Writer: | Florence Ryerson, S.S. Van Dine, Albert S. Le Vino |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Feb 16, 1929 |
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| Director: | Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle |
| Writer: | Florence Ryerson, S.S. Van Dine, Albert S. Le Vino |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | blackmail, murder, broadway, showgirl, pre-code, philo vance |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| William Powell | Philo Vance |
| Louise Brooks | The Canary |
| Jean Arthur | Alice LaFosse |
| James Hall | Jimmy Spottswoode |
| Charles Lane | Charles Spottswoode |
| Lawrence Grant | John Cleaver |
| Gustav von Seyffertitz | Dr. Ambrose Lindquist |
| E.H. Calvert | Dist. Atty. John F.X. Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert) |
| Eugene Pallette | Sgt. Ernest Heath |
| Ned Sparks | Tony Skeel |
| Louis John Bartels | Mannix |
| Tim Adair | George Y. Harvey (uncredited) |
| Margaret Livingston | Double for Margaret O'Dell (uncredited) |
| Oscar Smith | Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Malcolm St. Clair | Director |
| Florence Ryerson | Screenplay |
| S.S. Van Dine | Novel |
| Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Herman J. Mankiewicz | Dialogue |
| Frank Tuttle | Director |
| Albert S. Le Vino | Adaptation |
| Karl Hajos | Music |
| Harry Fischbeck | Cinematography |
| Cliff Blackstone | Cinematography |
| William Shea | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Louis D. Lighton | Associate Producer |
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