The Canary Murder Case (1929)
"Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?"

Title: The Canary Murder Case
Original Title: The Canary Murder Case
Release Date: 1929-02-16
Status: Released
Rating: 5.6/10 (from 24 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Crime, Mystery
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures
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
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