The Canary Murder Case

February. 16,1929      NR
Rating:
5.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

William Powell as  Philo Vance
Louise Brooks as  The Canary
Jean Arthur as  Alice LaFosse
James Hall as  Jimmy Spottswoode
Lawrence Grant as  John Cleaver
Gustav von Seyffertitz as  Dr. Ambrose Lindquist
E.H. Calvert as  Dist. Atty. John F.X. Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)
Eugene Pallette as  Sgt. Ernest Heath
Ned Sparks as  Tony Skeel
Louis John Bartels as  Mannix

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