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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 - wit…
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Alibi
“A hair-curling thriller vibrant with the pulse of the underworld, asparkle with the glamour of the New York night clubs.”
60%
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1h 31m
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Alibi (1929) — AI movie analysis
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Story & themes: 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… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~91 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Alibi 60% (22 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
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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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1929-04-20
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- TMDB rating
- 6.0
- TMDB ID
- 13847
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Chester Morris
Chick Williams
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Eleanor Griffith
Joan Manning Williams
Purnell Pratt
Sgt. Pete Manning
Pat O'Malley
Detective Sgt. Tommy Glennon
Regis Toomey
Danny McGann
Harry Stubbs
Buck Bachman
Mae Busch
Daisy Thomas
Irma Harrison
Toots
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Elmer Ballard
Soft Malone - Cab Driver
Al Hill
Brown - a Crook
James Bradbury Jr.
Blake - a Crook
Kernan Cripps
Trask - Plainclothesman
Ed Brady
George Stanislaus David
DeWitt Jennings
Officer O'Brien
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Virginia Flohri
Singer in Theatre
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Edward Jardon
Singer in Theatre
Diana Beaumont
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Edgar Caldwell
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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 the form of "Joan" (Eleanor Griffith) and some theatre tickets! What let's this down rather, is that we know who did what to whom, we know the identity of the fifth columnist the police install in his gang, and thus almost all of the jeopardy is compromised right from the start. The presentation and most of the acting is very static and stage-bound, somewhat woodenly theatrical in it's style. It might have been better had it been made a few years earlier as a silent film as the dialogue adds very little to this average crime caper.
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