The Canary Murder Case (1929)
1929 · Feature film · 79 min · dir. Malcolm St. Clair
Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?
- Crime
- Mystery
Synopsis
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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Details
- Director
- Malcolm St. Clair
- Writer
- S.S. Van Dine
- Composer
- Karl Hajos
- Cinematography
- Cliff Blackstone
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation
- Released
- 1929-02-16
- Series
- Philo Vance Collection
- Running time
- 79 minutes
Cast & crew
Malcolm St. Clair Director
William Powell
James Hall
Louise Brooks
Jean Arthur
Charles Lane
Lawrence Grant
Gustav von Seyffertitz
E.H. Calvert
