The Canary Murder Case
Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?
1929 | 82m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle |
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| Writer: | Albert S. Le Vino, Florence Ryerson, S.S. Van Dine |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 16, 1929 |
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| Director: | Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle |
| Writer: | Albert S. Le Vino, Florence Ryerson, S.S. Van Dine |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | self sacrifice, blackmail, stage show, beautiful woman, murder, district attorney, broadway, showgirl, pre-code, police investigation, philo vance, duplicity, father son relationship, strangled, society sleuth |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Eugene Pallette | Sergeant Heath |
| Ned Sparks | Tony Skeel |
| Louis John Bartels | Louis Mannix |
| Tim Adair | George Y. Harvey (uncredited) |
| Margaret Livingston | Body Double for Louise Brooks (uncredited) |
| Oscar Smith | Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Malcolm St. Clair | Director |
| Albert S. Le Vino | Adaptation |
| William Shea | Editor |
| Florence Ryerson | Screenplay |
| S.S. Van Dine | Novel, Dialogue |
| Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Frank Tuttle | Director |
| Cliff Blackstone | Director of Photography |
| Harry Fischbeck | Director of Photography |
| Karl Hajos | Original Music Composer |
| Herman J. Mankiewicz | Additional Writing |
| Name | Title |
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| Louis D. Lighton | Associate Producer |
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