''Alibi Inn'' is a 1935 British

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directed by Walter Tennyson and starring

Molly Lamont Molly Lamont (22 May 1910 – 7 July 2001) was a South African-British film actress. Life and career Margorie Edith Lamont was born in Boksburg, Transvaal, South Africa. She was active in sports as a young woman. She moved to England aft ...

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and

Olive Sloane Olive Sloane (16 December 1896 – 28 June 1963) was an English actress whose film career spanned over 40 years from the silent era through to her death. Sloane's career trajectory was unusual in that for most of her professional life she was e ...

. It was produced as a quota quickie for distribution by

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.Chibnall p.281

Synopsis

A young

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is wrongfully accused of killing a night watchmen committed by a

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during a jewel

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Cast

as Mary Talbot * Frederick Bradshaw as Jack Lawton *

as Saunders *

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as Anne *

as Oueenie * Brian Buchel as Masters *

Wilfrid Hyde-White Wilfrid Hyde-White (né Hyde White; 12 May 1903 – 6 May 1991) was an English actor. Described by Philip French as a "classic British film archetype", Hyde-White often portrayed droll and urbane upper-class characters. He had an extensive stage ...

as Husband

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007. * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1935 films 1935 drama films 1935 crime films 1930s English-language films British drama films British crime films British black-and-white films 1930s British films Films directed by Walter Tennyson Quota quickies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films English-language crime films {{1930s-UK-film-stub