PassedAlibi

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IMDB (987 votes)

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500M
500M
Play Time: 91 mins
Crime, Drama
Alibi

Overview:
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.

Status: Released (1929-04-20)
Awards:Nominated for 3 Oscars. 3 nominations total
Screen:Roland West, C. Gardner Sullivan, John Griffith Wray
Productions: Feature Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Alibi
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CinemaSerf

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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 hi ....

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