Main Cast: Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch, Eleanor Griffith, Irma Harrison
Release Year: 1929
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
Director Roland West was a moody and mysterious Hollywood character, who insisted upon making his pictures in utter secrecy and filming only at night. This may explain the overall foreboding atmosphere of Alibi, West's first talking picture. Chester Morris portrays a ruthless gangster who must establish an alibi after pulling off a warehouse robbery. Regis Toomey and Pat O'Malley are the detectives assigned to get the goods on Morris. Full of vicious bravado when he's on top of a situation, Morris turns into a craven coward when he's trapped--but not before coldbloodedly gunning down true-blue policeman Toomey, who then launches into one the longest and most lachrymose death scenes in the history of movies. Alibi was based on the play Nightstick, written by John Wray, J.C. Nugent and Elaine Sterne. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
William Cameron Menzies - Art Director, Fanchon - Choreography, Roland West - Director, Hal Kem - Editor, Hal Kern - Editor, Hugo Riesenfeld - Composer (Music Score), Robert Stephanoff - Makeup, Ray June - Cinematographer, Roland West - Producer, Ned Mann - Special Effects, Harry Zech - Special Effects, Howard Campbell - Sound/Sound Designer, C. Gardner Sullivan - Screenwriter, Roland West - Screenwriter, J.C. Nugent - Play Author, John Griffith Wray - Play Author, Elaine Sterne Carrington - Play Author, Eugene S. Carrington - Play Author
