Strange Alibi

1941 film

Strange Alibi

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| D. Ross Lederman
Written by| Kenneth Gamet
Leslie T. White
Fred Niblo Jr.
Produced by| Bryan Foy
Starring| Arthur Kennedy
Joan Perry
Jonathan Hale
John Ridgely
Florence Bates
Charles Trowbridge
Cinematography| Allen G. Siegler
Edited by| Frank Magee
Music by| Howard Jackson
William Lava

Production
company

Warner Bros.

Distributed by| Warner Bros.

Release date

* April 19, 1941 (1941-04-19)

Running time

| 63 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Strange Alibi is a 1941 American film noir directed by D. Ross Lederman, written by Kenneth Gamet, Leslie T. White and Fred Niblo Jr.,[1] and starring Arthur Kennedy, Joan Perry, Jonathan Hale, John Ridgely, Florence Bates and Charles Trowbridge. It was released by Warner Bros. on April 19, 1941.

## Plot

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After a witness is shot and a suspect hanged in a jail cell, Police Chief Sprague decides to send Sgt. Joe Geary undercover, looking for a mysterious crime-syndicate boss responsible for ordering these murders. A story is planted by the chief that Geary is being suspended from the force, in order to help him infiltrate the mob.

Geary discovers that a police captain is the criminal mastermind. Sprague is killed, though, and Geary framed when nobody believes his story about being undercover. While jailed, his fiancée Alice Devlin works to clear his name. Geary breaks out of jail and personally goes to the reform-minded governor to prove his innocence.

## Cast

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* Arthur Kennedy as Sergeant Joe Geary
* Joan Perry as Alice Devlin
* Jonathan Hale as Police Chief Sprague
* John Ridgely as Tex Alexander
* Florence Bates as Katie
* Charles Trowbridge as Governor Phelps
* Cliff Clark as Police Captain Reddick
* Stanley Andrews as Lieutenant-Detective Pagle
* Howard Da Silva as Monson
* Wade Boteler as Police Captain Allen
* Ben Welden as Durkin
* Joe Downing as Benny McKaye
* Dick Rich as Big Dog
* Paul Phillips as Crips Vossen
* Joe King as Warden Morrell
* Paul Stanton as Prosecutor

## References

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1. ^ Hal Erickson (2014). "Strange Alibi". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2014.

## Bibliography

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* Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.

## External links

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* Strange Alibi at IMDb

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Films directed by D. Ross Lederman

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* A Dog of the Regiment (1927)
* A Race for Life (1928)
* Rinty of the Desert (1928)
* Shadows of the Night (1928)
* The Million Dollar Collar (1929)
* The Man Hunter (1930)
* The Phantom of the West (1931)
* The Texas Ranger (1931)
* Branded (1931)
* The Fighting Marshal (1931)
* The Range Feud (1931)
* Ridin' for Justice (1932)
* Texas Cyclone (1932)
* High Speed (1932)
* The Riding Tornado (1932)
* Two-Fisted Law (1932)
* Daring Danger (1932)
* McKenna of the Mounted (1932)
* Speed Demon (1932)
* End of the Trail (1932)
* State Trooper (1933)
* Silent Men (1933)
* Soldiers of the Storm (1933)
* The Whirlwind (1933)
* Rusty Rides Alone (1933)
* The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)
* Hell Bent for Love (1934)
* A Man's Game (1934)
* Beyond the Law (1934)
* Girl in Danger (1934)
* Murder in the Clouds (1934)
* Red Hot Tires (1935)
* Dinky (1935)
* The Case of the Missing Man (1935)
* Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)
* Too Tough to Kill (1935)
* Hell-Ship Morgan (1936)
* Pride of the Marines (1936)
* Panic on the Air (1936)
* The Final Hour (1936)
* Alibi for Murder (1936)
* Come Closer, Folks (1936)
* Counterfeit Lady (1936)
* Motor Madness (1937)
* I Promise to Pay (1937)
* The Frame-Up (1937)
* A Dangerous Adventure (1937)
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* Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
* Juvenile Court (1938)
* Adventure in Sahara (1938)
* The Little Adventuress (1938)
* North of Shanghai (1939)
* Racketeers of the Range (1939)
* Military Academy (1940)
* Glamour for Sale (1940)
* Thundering Frontier (1940)
* Father's Son (1941)
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* Passage from Hong Kong (1941)
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* Out of the Depths (1945)
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* Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
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* The Return of the Whistler (1948)
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