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The Canary Murder Case

Genre:CrimeMystery

Released:1929-02-16

Runtime:82

Overview

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.


Cast:

William Powell

Character: Philo Vance

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James Hall

Character: Jimmie Spottswoode

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Louise Brooks

Character: The Canary

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Jean Arthur

Character: Alice LaFosse

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Charles Lane

Character: Charles Spottswoode

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Lawrence Grant

Character: John Cleaver

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Gustav von Seyffertitz

Character: Dr. Ambrose Lindquist

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E.H. Calvert

Character: District Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)

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Eugene Pallette

Character: Sergeant Heath

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Ned Sparks

Character: Tony Skeel

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Louis John Bartels

Character: Louis Mannix

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Tim Adair

Character: George Y. Harvey (uncredited)

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Margaret Livingston

Character: Body Double for Louise Brooks (uncredited)

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Oscar Smith

Character: Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited)

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