The Crimson Canary (1945)
- 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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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