The Alibi

1937 [FRENCH]

Crime

7
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 280 280

Plot summary

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.

Director

Pierre Chenal Photo
Pierre Chenal

Top cast

Philippe Richard Photo
Philippe Richard as John Gordon
Roger Blin Photo
Roger Blin as Kretz, l'homme de main de Winckler
Odette Talazac Photo
Odette Talazac as La logeuse
Erich von Stroheim Photo
Erich von Stroheim as Le professeur Winckler
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
771.27 MB
986*720
French 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 23 min
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1.4 GB
1480*1080
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 23 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by gridoon2025 5 / 10

Top-shelf cast in a rather disappointing film

Reviewed by dbdumonteil

This movie has no more alibi.

Pierre Chenal who made the first version of "postman always rings twice' (le grand tournant) two years later was a minor film noir director."L'alibi" has not worn well and has little to grab an audience today.A phony magician (Von Stroheim)commits murder and pays a girl to be his "alibi".A cop (Jouvet) investigates in a very dubious way:one of his colleagues (Préjean) will seduce the girl in order to make her tell the truth.What follows is easy to guess for sure.Bad screenplay and two great actors are wasted.Best scene shows Von Stroheim talking about French and English vocabulary with Jouvet and wondering at the similarities (discret and discreet).
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