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The Canary Murder Case

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Calorie Rating: 115
Released: 1929-02-16
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 82 Minutes
Studios: 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. Written by Tony Fontana

Director / Directors



Cast

William Powell
Character: Philo Vance
Louise Brooks
Character: The Canary
Jean Arthur
Character: Alice LaFosse

James Hall
Character: Jimmy Spottswoode
Charles Lane
Character: Charles Spottswoode
Lawrence Grant
Character: John Cleaver

Gustav von Seyffertitz
Character: Dr. Ambrose Lindquist
E.H. Calvert
Character: Dist. Atty. John F.X. Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)
Eugene Pallette
Character: Sgt. Ernest Heath

Ned Sparks
Character: Tony Skeel
Louis John Bartels
Character: Mannix
Tim Adair
Character: George Y. Harvey (uncredited)

Margaret Livingston
Character: Double for Margaret O'Dell (uncredited)
Oscar Smith
Character: Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Louis D. Lighton
Associate Producer

Travis Banton
Costume Design

Cliff Blackstone
Director of Photography
Harry Fischbeck
Director of Photography

Karl Hajos
Original Music Composer