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Who killed the most beautiful woman on Broadway?
5.7 / 10 IMDb February 16, 1929 1h 22m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 22m
Release Date
February 16, 1929
Genre
Crime, Mystery
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Cast
William Powell
as Philo Vance
James Hall
as Jimmie Spottswoode
Louise Brooks
as The Canary
Jean Arthur
as Alice LaFosse
Charles Lane
as Charles Spottswoode
Lawrence Grant
as John Cleaver
Gustav von Seyffertitz
as Dr. Ambrose Lindquist
E.H. Calvert
as District Attorney Markham (as Captain E. H. Calvert)
Eugene Pallette
as Sergeant Heath
Ned Sparks
as Tony Skeel
Louis John Bartels
as Louis Mannix
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Tim Adair
as George Y. Harvey (uncredited)
Margaret Livingston
as Body Double for Louise Brooks (uncredited)
Oscar Smith
as Stuttering Hallboy (uncredited)
Production Companies
Paramount PicturesParamount Famous Lasky Corporation
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