The Canary Murder Case

Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?

The Canary Murder Case — 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.

• Release date
• February 16, 1929
• Runtime
• 82 min
• Genres
• Crime, Mystery
• Director
• Malcolm St. Clair

The Canary Murder Case — 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)