L'Alibi

L'Alibi

84 mins | Mystery | Dec. 22, 1937

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.

L'Alibi

84 mins | Mystery | Dec. 22, 1937

L'Alibi
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Tellus Films, Nash Buchovzer Films
Original title L'Alibi
Directors Pierre Chenal
Writers Marcel Achard

Cast

Erich von Stroheim

as Winckler

Louis Jouvet

as commissaire Calas

Jany Holt

as Helene

Albert Préjean

as Laurent