Alibi (1937)
1h 24m
Running Time
December 22, 1937Release Date
Plot.
Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the police they've spent the night together, which doesn't fool Callas, the police officer who investigates the murder. He hires one of his fellow officers in order to seduce Helene.
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Cast & Crew.
Erich von Stroheim
Le professeur Winckler
Albert Préjean
André Laurent
Jany Holt
Hélène Ardouin
Louis Jouvet
Le commissaire Calas
Véra Flory
Une entraîneuse
Foun-Sen
L'assistante de Winckler
Génia Vaury
Une entraîneuse
Made Siamé
La secrétaire de Calas
Roger Blin
Kretz, l'homme de main de Winckler
Philippe Richard
John Gordon
Pierre Chenal
Director
Marcel Achard
Writer
Georges Auric
Composer
Jacques Belasco
Composer
Theodore J. Pahle
Cinematographer
Gustaf Heidenheim
Editor
Eugène Lourié
ProductionDesigner
Serge Piménoff
ProductionDesigner
Roger Desormière
Conductor
Igor B. Kalinovski
Sound
Fritz Bukofzer
Producer
Pierre Pierromax
Makeup Artist
Thelma Minor
Bobby Martin
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 22, 1937
Original NameL'Alibi
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 24m
Genres
Wiki.
The Alibi (French: L'Alibi) is a 1937 French mystery film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean and Jany Holt. It has been described as a precursor to film noir.The film was shot at the Billancourt Studios and Epinay Studios in Paris. Location shooting took place at Trilport on the River Seine. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Eugène Lourié and Serge Piménoff
The film was well received by critics on its release. It was released in the United States in April 1939 by Columbia Pictures. It was remade as the 1942 British film Alibi starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason.