Alibi Ike (1935)
June 15, 1935Release Date
Alibi Ike (1935)
June 15, 1935Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Joe E. Brown
Frank 'Ike' Farrell
Olivia de Havilland
Dolly Stevens
Ruth Donnelly
Bess
Roscoe Karns
Carey
William Frawley
Cap
Eddie Shubert
Jack Mack
Paul Harvey
Lefty Crawford
Joe King
Johnson
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Release DateJune 15, 1935
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 12m
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Alibi Ike is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland and William Frawley. Based on the short story of the same name by Ring Lardner, first published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 31, 1915, the film is about an ace baseball player nicknamed "Alibi Ike" for his penchant for making up excuses. Lardner is said to have patterned the character after baseball player King Cole.
Alibi Ike was the most successful of Joe E. Brown's "baseball trilogy" of films, which also included Elmer, the Great and Fireman, Save My Child. It is considered one of the best baseball comedies of all time. Alibi Ike was the first feature film released starring Olivia de Havilland, although she made two previous films that were released later that year—The Irish in Us and the all-star Shakespeare epic A Midsummer Night's Dream, which also starred Joe E. Brown in a key role.
A print of the film is held by the Library of Congress.