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Cast
William Powell | As: Philo Vance | |
Louise Brooks | As: The Canary | |
Jean Arthur | As: Alice LaFosse | |
James Hall | As: Jimmy Spottswoode | |
Charles Lane | As: Charles Spottswoode |
Storyline
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
Tagline: | Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway? |
Certification: | NR |
Details
Genres: Crime, Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: 16 February 1929
Country: US
Runtime: 82m
Film Collections
Company Credits
Company: Paramount Pictures
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Cast
William Powell |
Philo Vance |
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Louise Brooks |
The Canary |
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Jean Arthur |
Alice LaFosse |
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James Hall |
Jimmy Spottswoode |
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Charles Lane |
Charles Spottswoode |
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Lawrence Grant |
John Cleaver |
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Gustav von Seyffertitz |
Dr. Ambrose Lindquist |
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E.H. Calvert |
Dist. Atty. John F.X. Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert) |
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Eugene Pallette |
Sgt. Ernest Heath |
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Ned Sparks |
Tony Skeel |
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Louis John Bartels |
Mannix |
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Tim Adair |
George Y. Harvey (uncredited) |
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Margaret Livingston |
Double for Margaret O'Dell (uncredited) |
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Oscar Smith |
Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited) |
Directed By
Malcolm St. Clair |
Director |
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Frank Tuttle |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Albert S. Le Vino |
Adaptation |
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Florence Ryerson |
Screenplay |
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S.S. Van Dine |
Novel |
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Herman J. Mankiewicz |
Dialogue |
Production Crew
Louis D. Lighton |
Associate Producer |
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Edited By
William Shea |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Travis Banton |
Costume Design |
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Sound
Karl Hajos |
Music |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Lighting
Art Department
Other Crew
Harry Fischbeck |
Cinematography |
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Cliff Blackstone |
Cinematography |
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