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The Crimson Canary (1945)

The Crimson Canary poster
Directed by
John Hoffman
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 04m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of musicians becomes entangled in a mystery when a valuable canary disappears. The film follows their efforts to find the bird as clues and suspects emerge.

suspensefulnoirishintriguinglighthearteddatedwhimsicalcerebral

What happens

The Crimson Canary is a 1945 American mystery film directed by John Hoffman and written by Henry Blankfort and Peggy Phillips. The film stars Noah Beery Jr., Lois Collier, John Litel, Steven Geray, Claudia Drake and Danny Morton. The film was released on November 9, 1945, by Universal Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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