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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 775

Alibi

192990 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: English
This copy runs: 83:01
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Roland West · Public domain

Synopsis

A policeman's daughter secretly marries a former criminal who claims to have changed. A theatre outing gives him the cover he needs to take part in a robbery, making her an unwitting witness for his defense. As the police place an agent inside his gang, the marriage and the apparently secure alibi begin to come apart.

Cast

Chester Morris

Mae Busch

DirectorsRoland West

Inspirations

Roland West and C. Gardner Sullivan adapt the stage play Nightstick. The early sound film combines a gangster investigation with unusually stylized sets, camera positions and sound effects.

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Photograph credit

Photographs cropped, resized and optimized as WebP, displayed in monochrome.

Chester Morris — Picturegoer Magazine · Public domain
Mae Busch — Photoplay magazine; http://www.silentladies.com/PhtplayAB.html · Public domain

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