The Canary Murder Case

"Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?"

Feb 16 1929 Approved 1h 22m
Crime, Drama, Mystery

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.

Plot

A beautiful showgirl, nicknamed 'the Canary', is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and soon ends up dead. But who killed 'the Canary'. All the suspects who knew her had been used by her. The only witness to the crime was also killed. Only one man, debonair detective, Philo Vance, might be able to figure out who silenced 'the Canary'.

Written by

S.S. Van Dine, Florence Ryerson, Albert S. Le Vino

Directed by

Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle

Cast

William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Hall

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins

Scores
# of Votes
993
Average Rating
5.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA