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The Canary Murder Case

"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

32428

William Powell

as Philo Vance

87480

James Hall

as Jimmie Spottswoode

13904

Louise Brooks

as The Canary

30210

Jean Arthur

as Alice LaFosse

1292226

Charles Lane

as Charles Spottswoode

13343

Lawrence Grant

as John Cleaver

13345

Gustav von Seyffertitz

as Dr. Ambrose Lindquist

999884

E.H. Calvert

as District Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)

8728

Eugene Pallette

as Sergeant Heath

30004

Ned Sparks

as Tony Skeel

1157388

Louis John Bartels

as Louis Mannix

1445531

Tim Adair

as George Y. Harvey (uncredited)

9089

Margaret Livingston

as Body Double for Louise Brooks (uncredited)

1271016

Oscar Smith

as Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited)

Crew

143998

Malcolm St. Clair

Director

80727

Frank Tuttle

Director

1304460

Albert S. Le Vino

Adaptation

9053

Florence Ryerson

Screenplay

149145

S.S. Van Dine

Novel

2439

Louis D. Lighton

Associate Producer

29598

William Shea

Editor

7652

Travis Banton

Costume Design

2006877

Cliff Blackstone

Director of Photography

1265586

Harry Fischbeck

Director of Photography

134806

Karl Hajos

Original Music Composer

149145

S.S. Van Dine

Dialogue

30012

Herman J. Mankiewicz

Additional Writing