DramaCrime

Red Haired Alibi

A young woman new to the big city gets a job as a man's companion. What she doesn't know is that the man is a notorious gangster.

Release Date : 1932-10-21

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Tower Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Red-Haired AlibiRed Haired Alibi

Cast

Character Name : Lynn Monith

Original Name : Merna Kennedy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Trent Travers

Original Name : Theodore von Eltz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robert 'Bob' Shelton

Original Name : Grant Withers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Regan

Original Name : Purnell Pratt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Kent

Original Name : Huntley Gordon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Corcoran

Original Name : Fred Kelsey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter at Peacock Inn

Original Name : Arthur Hoyt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Margoli

Original Name : Paul Porcasi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Morgan

Original Name : John Vosper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gloria Shelton

Original Name : Shirley Temple

Gender : Female

Character Name : Travers' Henchman (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Bowen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beer Garden Singer (uncredited)

Original Name : Maynard Holmes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Silver Moon Maitre D' Harry (uncredited)

Original Name : Harrison Greene

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-01-09

"Lynn" (Merna Kennedy) is fed up with her mundane life and looking for a job in New York. Luckily, she alights on the dodgy "Travers" (Theodore von Eltz) who offers her an opportunity. All she has to do is be seen with him. She looks great, is well paid and housed and for a moment or two, there is even the threat of a romance on the horizon. Gradually, though, she begins to realise that he is an out-and-out wrong 'un and when another mobster is gunned down and he goes into hiding, she flees. Good fortune is again on her side when she re-encounters "Shelton" (Grant Withers) who is in need of a nanny for his daughter "Gloria" (Shirley Temple). This romance does blossom but has she seen the last of her erstwhile boss? The stories - there are essentially two, here - are nothing much to write home about, but I did rather like the ending and Kennedy has a certain chemistry with the camera that easily enables her to out-act her male counterparts. Temple is also a natural in front of the lens, and though she doesn't really feature very often, she does bring a little charm to this otherwise watchable, but rather by-the-numbers, romantic thriller.