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Alibi (1929) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1929 · 91 mins · English
- Directed by
- Roland West
- Starring
- Purnell Pratt, Chester Morris, DeWitt Jennings, Ed Brady, Regis Toomey, Harry Stubbs
Thrilling noir set in New York’s underworld and night‑club glamour. Gangster Chick Williams rejoins his mob and becomes a suspect after a policeman is killed in a robbery. He lures Joan, a policeman’s daughter, to a theater, slips out at intermission to commit the murder and uses her as an alibi. Detectives embed an undercover agent in the gang to bring him to justice.
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