- HD 1080
- Runtime: 82m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle
- Stars: William Powell, James Hall, Louise Brooks, Jean Arthur, Charles Lane
- keywords: self sacrifice, blackmail, stage show, murder, beautiful woman, district attorney, broadway, showgirl, pre-code, police investigation, philo vance, duplicity, early sound film, father son relationship, strangled, society sleuth
- Production_studio: Paramount Pictures
- Slogan: Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?
- The The Canary Murder Case is featured in the top rankings of 1929
- #9 in Top Crime Movies of 1929
- #4 in Top Mystery Movies of 1929
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.