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
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Erich von Stroheim
Professor Winckler
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
Grand Illusion
Louis Jouvet
Commissioner Calas
Known for
Jenny Lamour
Hôtel du Nord
Jany Holt
Hélène Ardouin
Known for
Gervaise
The Lower Depths
Albert Préjean
André Laurent
Known for
Under the Roofs of Paris
The Crazy Ray
Véra Flory
Barmaid
Also in
Two Timid Souls
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Foun-Sen
Winckler's assistant
Also in
Hatred
Outpost in Indo-china
Génia Vaury
Barmaid
Known for
Hôtel du Nord
Made Siamé
Calas's secretary
Also in
Antoine & Antoinette
Not So Stupid
Roger Blin
Kretz, Winckler's henchman
Known for
The King and the Mockingbird
Orpheus
Philippe Richard
John Gordon
Known for
Pépé le Moko
Jean Témerson
Jojo, Dany's friend
Known for
Diabolique
Pépé le Moko
Maurice Baquet
Gérard
Known for
Z
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Pierre Chenal Director · Marcel Achard Writer Theodore J. Pahle Cinematographer
United States release April 9, 1939 · Produced in France · Production Columbia Pictures, Nash Buchovzer Films
Production
B N Films
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
Nash Buchovzer Films
Production
Tellus Films
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'Alibi
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 22, 1937
Limited theatrical · Paris
United States · April 9, 1939
Theatrical
Belgium
January 21, 1938 · Limited theatrical · Brussels
Denmark
May 18, 1938 · Theatrical
Finland
May 29, 1938 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 2, 1939 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 8, 1940 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 25, 1938 · Limited theatrical · Amsterdam
Portugal
April 8, 1939 · Theatrical
Spain
January 6, 1941 · Limited theatrical · Madrid
February 27, 1941 · Limited theatrical · Barcelona
Sweden
February 21, 1938 · Theatrical
Türkiye
March 1, 1938 · Theatrical
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