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Alibi

Name: Alibi
Director: Roland West
Released: 1929-01-01

1929 film by Roland West

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Released: 1929
Director: Roland West
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0019630/Retrieved 2016-06-28
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Screenwriter: Elaine Sterne Carrington
, Roland West
, C. Gardner Sullivan
Producer: Roland West
Cast: Mae Busch
, Chester Morris
, Regis Toomey
Runtime: 90 min
Genre: crime film
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0019630/Retrieved 2016-06-28
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, drama film
Country of origin: United States

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Alibi is a 1929 American crime film directed by Roland West. The screenplay was written by West and C. Gardner Sullivan, who adapted the 1927 Broadway stage play, Nightstick, written by Elaine Sterne Carrington, J.C. Nugent, Elliott Nugent, and John Wray.

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Director of photography: Ray June
Main subject: organized crime
Film editor: Hal C. Kern
Title: Alibi
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor statement is subject of: 2nd Academy Awards · nominee: Chester Morris
Academy Award for Best Picture statement is subject of: 2nd Academy Awards
Academy Award for Best Production Design nominee: William Cameron Menzies · statement is subject of: 2nd Academy Awards
Color: black-and-white
Production designer: William Cameron Menzies
Distribution format: video on demand
Different from: Alibi
Review score: 56%(September 20, 2024) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 9 critic review
5.8/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Alibi”Retrieved 2021-10-07
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