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Dark Alibi

Dark Alibi

1946Movie⏱️ 1h 1mApproved
CrimeDramaMystery
6.4
IMDB Rating
1,556 votes

A public defender enlists Charlie to exonerate one of his clients, an ex-con falsely accused of bank robbery and murder, scheduled for execution in nine days.

Director
Phil Karlson
Writers
George Callahan, Earl Derr Biggers
Stars
Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter
Release Date
May 25, 1946
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Sidney Toler
Sidney Toler
as Charlie Chan
Mantan Moreland
Mantan Moreland
as Birmingham Brown
Ben Carter
Ben Carter
as Benjamin Brown
Benson Fong
Benson Fong
as Tommy Chan
Teala Loring
Teala Loring
as June Harley
George Holmes
George Holmes
as Hugh Kenzie
Joyce Compton
Joyce Compton
as Emily Evans
John Eldredge
John Eldredge
as Anthony R. Morgan
Russell Hicks
Russell Hicks
as Warden Cameron
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
as Foggy

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Production
Monogram Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

1940sframedfingerprintfingerprint identificationcharlie chan character

🎯 Categories

CrimeDramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

A bit of the plot....
by jknoppow2002-05-14

"A bank is robbed, and a guard is shot to death. Clues lead the police to the Foss Family Hotel where we meet a varied group of unsavory suspects. Thomas Harley, who resides at the hotel along with his beautiful daughter June, is the one that the police are after-- it was his fingerprints left on the safe that led the police to the hotel. He claims that he was locked up in a theatrical warehouse, but he has no witnesses. Even more suspicious is his story that he had received a letter from a man he hadn't seen for many years, asking him to a meeting at the warehouse; but the prosecutor ca..."

💡 Did You Know?

Ben Carter and Mantan Moreland were vaudeville comedy partners, and their three scenes together are from their regular routine. They had done a similar routine in The Scarlet Clue (1945).

📖 Synopsis

A public defender enlists Charlie to exonerate one of his clients, an ex-con falsely accused of bank robbery and murder, scheduled for execution in nine days.