CrimeDrama

Alibi

- A hair-curling thriller vibrant with the pulse of the underworld, asparkle with the glamour of the New York night clubs.

Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan, a policeman's daughter, to the theater, sneaked out during the intermission to commit the crime, then used her to support his alibi. The detective squad employs its most sophisticated and barbaric techniques, including planting an undercover agent in the gang, to bring him to justice.

Release Date : 1929-04-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Feature Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Chick Williams

Original Name : Chester Morris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joan Manning Williams

Original Name : Eleanor Griffith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sgt. Pete Manning

Original Name : Purnell Pratt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon

Original Name : Pat O'Malley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Danny McGann

Original Name : Regis Toomey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Buck Bachman

Original Name : Harry Stubbs

Gender : Male

Character Name : Daisy Thomas

Original Name : Mae Busch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Toots

Original Name : Irma Harrison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soft Malone - Cab Driver

Original Name : Elmer Ballard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Brown - a Crook

Original Name : Al Hill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Blake - a Crook

Original Name : James Bradbury Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trask - Plainclothesman

Original Name : Kernan Cripps

Gender : Male

Character Name : George Stanislaus David

Original Name : Ed Brady

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer O'Brien

Original Name : DeWitt Jennings

Gender : Male

Character Name : Singer in Theatre

Original Name : Virginia Flohri

Gender : Male

Character Name : Singer in Theatre

Original Name : Edward Jardon

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Diana Beaumont

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Edgar Caldwell

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-06

Regis Toomey ("McGann") steals this otherwise rather humdrum gangster flick - and that's largely because he is drunk for most of it. Otherwise, "Chick Williams" - the not very menacing moniker attributed to Chester Morris is released from jail and picks up where he left off - with his prohibitionist mob. When a cop is shot dead during a robbery, he falls under suspicion - but he has an alibi in the form of "Joan" (Eleanor Griffith) and some theatre tickets! What let's this down rather, is that we know who did what to whom, we know the identity of the fifth columnist the police install in his gang, and thus almost all of the jeopardy is compromised right from the start. The presentation and most of the acting is very static and stage-bound, somewhat woodenly theatrical in it's style. It might have been better had it been made a few years earlier as a silent film as the dialogue adds very little to this average crime caper.