Alibi
A hair-curling thriller vibrant with the pulse of the underworld, asparkle with the glamour of the New York night clubs.
5.8 / 10
91 minutes
1929-04-20
English
US
Actors :
Chester Morris, Eleanor Griffith, Purnell Pratt, Pat O'Malley, Regis Toomey, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch, Irma Harrison, Elmer Ballard, Al Hill, James Bradbury Jr., Kernan Cripps, Ed Brady, DeWitt Jennings, Virginia Flohri
Description
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.
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
6/6/2022, 7:08:11 PM
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 th...