The Canary Murder Case (1929)

19291h 17mdir. Malcolm St. Clair, Frank TuttleUnited Statescrime filmmystery film

With William Powell, Louise Brooks, Jean Arthur, Charles Lane, Gustav von Seyffertitz, E. H. Calvert, Eugene Pallette, Ned Sparks

Directed by Malcolm St. Clair, Frank Tuttle

The Canary Murder Case is a 1929 American pre-Code crime-mystery film based on the 1927 novel of the same name by S.S. Van Dine (the pseudonym for Willard Huntington Wright). The film was directed by Malcolm St. Clair, with a screenplay by Wright (under the Van Dine pseudonym), Albert Shelby LeVino, and Florence Ryerson. William Powell starred in the role of detective Philo Vance, with Louise Brooks co-starring as "The Canary"; Jean Arthur, James Hall, and Charles Lane also co-starred in other principal roles.

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