Alibi for Murder

Alibi for Murder

61 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller, Adventure | Sept. 23, 1936

A radio commentator named Perry Travis fancies himself a brilliant amateur detective. The cops wish he’d stick to his microphone and let them do the detecting. This proves impossible when a famed scientist is murdered in Perry’s studio, right in the middle of the interview. All evidence points to Perry, and he sets out to clear his name before the Shadow-like villain roaming the hallways of the radio station gets away with murder.

Alibi for Murder

61 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller, Adventure | Sept. 23, 1936

Alibi for Murder
A radio commentator named Perry Travis fancies himself a brilliant amateur detective. The cops wish he’d stick to his microphone and let them do the detecting. This proves impossible when a famed scientist is murdered in Perry’s studio, right in the middle of the interview. All evidence points to Perry, and he sets out to clear his name before the Shadow-like villain roaming the hallways of the radio station gets away with murder.
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Alibi for Murder
Directors Morey Lightfoot, D. Ross Lederman
Writers Tom Van Dycke

Cast

William Gargan

as Perry Travis

Marguerite Churchill

as Lois Allen

Gene Morgan

as Brainy

John Gallaudet

as Billy Howard (Uncredited)

Romaine Callender

as E.J. Easton

Egon Brecher

as Sir Conrad Stava

Drue Leyton

as Mrs. Foster

Wade Boteler

as Conroy

Dwight Frye

as McBride

Raymond Lawrence

as Harkness

Stanley Andrews

as Earl Quillan (Uncredited)

Don Brodie

as Taxi Driver (Uncredited)

Frank Bull

as Radio Announcer (Uncredited)

Ralph Byrd

as Cop (Uncredited)

Harry Depp

as Julius Scott (Uncredited)

Robert Fiske

as Aviator (Uncredited)

Harry Harvey

as Bennett (Uncredited)

Jack Hatfield

as Reporter (Uncredited)

Eddie Kane

as Venuti (Uncredited)

Edward McWade

as Walter Emerson (Uncredited)

Ted Oliver

as Cop (Uncredited)

Edward Peil Sr.

as Peters (Uncredited)

Lee Prather

as Customs Officer (Uncredited)

Francis Sayles

as Waiter (Uncredited)

Albert J. Smith

as Mike (Uncredited)

George Webb

as Coroner (Uncredited)

Norman Willis

as Joel Balerino (Uncredited)

William Worthington

as John J. Foster (Uncredited)