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Alibi (1929) was a Crime - Film Adaptation Film directed by Roland West and produced by Roland West.

Academy Awards 1928/29 --- Ceremony Number 2 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best ActorChester MorrisNominated
Best Art DirectionWilliam Cameron MenziesNominated
Best PictureFeature ProductionsNominated
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Tr?gico ?libi (1945) / My Name is Julia Ross (1945)

By L? on Mar 30, 2019 From Critica Retro

Tr?gico ?libi (1945) / My Name is Julia Ross (1945) Alguns filmes simplesmente nos arrebatam quando estamos desprevenidos e nos deixam sem f?lego – n?o importa qu?o antigos ou curtos eles s?o. “Tr?gico ?libi” (1945) fez isto comigo. Ao me colocar no lugar da protagonista, e... Read full article


Naked Alibi (1954, Jerry Hopper)

By Andrew Wickliffe on May 26, 2018 From The Stop Button

The first half hour of Naked Alibi?the film runs just under ninety minutes so the entire first third?is separate from the remainder. Set in a small city (shot on the backlot, but rather well thanks to Russell Metty?s glorious photography), chief of detectives Sterling Hayden has been getting a lot o... Read full article


Red-Haired Alibi (1932)

By John Grant on Mar 31, 2015 From Noirish

US / 68 minutes / bw / Tower Dir: Christy Cabanne Pr: Sig Neufeld Scr: Edward T. Lowe Jr. Story: The Red-Haired Alibi (1932) by Wilson Collison Cine: Harry Forbes Cast: Merna Kennedy, Theodore von Eltz, Grant Withers, Purnell Pratt, Huntley Gordon, Fred Kelsey, Arthur Hoyt, Paul Porcassi, John Vosbu... Read full article


Alibi, L’ (1937)

By John Grant on Sep 24, 2014 From Noirish

France / 84 minutes / bw / BN, ?clair-Journal Dir: Pierre Chenal Scr: J. Companeez, H. Juttke Story: L’Alibi (1929 screenplay for short movie) by Marcel Achard Cine: Ted Pahle Cast: Erich von Stroheim, Albert Pr?jean, Jany Holt, Louis Jouvet, Vera Flory, Foun-Sen, Genia Vaury, Madeleine Siame,... Read full article


Blind Alibi (1938)

By John Grant on Jul 19, 2014 From Noirish

US / 62 minutes / bw / RKO Dir: Lew Landers Pr: Cliff Reid Scr: Lionel Houser, Harry Segall, Ron Ferguson Story: William Joyce Cowan Cine: Nicholas Musuraca Cast: Richard Dix, Whitney Bourne, Eduardo Ciannelli, Frances Mercer, Paul Guilfoyle, Richard Lane, Jack Arnold, Walter Miller, Frank M. Thomas... Read full article


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Based on the Broadway play: Nightstick (1927). Melodrama. Written by John Griffith Wray, J.C. Nugent, Elliott Nugent, and Elaine S. Carrington. Directed and produced by Crosby Gaige. Selwyn Theatre: 10 Nov 1927-Jan 1928 (closing date unknown/84 performances). Cast: Velma Forrest, Kathryn Givney, Raymond Hackett, Harry R. Irving, Charles Kennedy (as "Pete Manning"), Victor Kilian, Judith Lowry, Thomas Mitchell, Edgar Nelson, Lee Patrick (as "Joan Manning"), Harry Stubbs, William Tennyson, Edna White, John Wray. Produced on film as Alibi by United Artists and released in April, 1929 (in both talkie and silent versions).
Regis Toomey's film debut.
Alternative scenes were shot for a silent version of the film which was released simultaneously.
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