''Blonde Alibi'' is a 1946 American black-and-white
noir thriller directed by
Will Jason
Will Jason (June 23, 1910 – February 10, 1970) was an American film director, film and television director. He shot a number of short films for MGM during the early 1940s.Drew p.262
Selected filmography
* ''The Soul of a Monster'' (1944)
* ''Ta ...
and starring
Tom Neal
Thomas Carroll Neal Jr. (January 28, 1914 – August 7, 1972) was an American actor and Amateur boxing, amateur boxer. Between 1932 and 1934, he was an amateur boxer who fought in many fights. As an actor, he was best known for his co-starring ...
,
Martha O'Driscoll
Martha O'Driscoll (March 5, 1922 – November 3, 1998) was an American film actress from 1937 until 1947. She retired in 1947 after marrying her second husband, Arthur I. Appleton, mogger of Appleton Electric Company in Chicago.
Early life
O' ...
,
Donald MacBride
Donald Hugh MacBride (June 23, 1893 – June 21, 1957) was an American character actor on stage, in films, and on television.
MacBride launched his career as a chorister at St Thomas Fifth Avenue and then at Garden City Cathedral in New Yo ...
, and
Peter Whitney
Peter King Engle (May 24, 1916 – March 30, 1972), known professionally as Peter Whitney, was an American actor in film and television. Tall and heavyset, he played brutish villains in many Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Hollywood fil ...
.
Plot
Cast
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Tom Neal
Thomas Carroll Neal Jr. (January 28, 1914 – August 7, 1972) was an American actor and Amateur boxing, amateur boxer. Between 1932 and 1934, he was an amateur boxer who fought in many fights. As an actor, he was best known for his co-starring ...
as Rick Lavery
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Martha O'Driscoll
Martha O'Driscoll (March 5, 1922 – November 3, 1998) was an American film actress from 1937 until 1947. She retired in 1947 after marrying her second husband, Arthur I. Appleton, mogger of Appleton Electric Company in Chicago.
Early life
O' ...
as Marian Gale
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Donald MacBride
Donald Hugh MacBride (June 23, 1893 – June 21, 1957) was an American character actor on stage, in films, and on television.
MacBride launched his career as a chorister at St Thomas Fifth Avenue and then at Garden City Cathedral in New Yo ...
as Insp. Carmichael
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Peter Whitney
Peter King Engle (May 24, 1916 – March 30, 1972), known professionally as Peter Whitney, was an American actor in film and television. Tall and heavyset, he played brutish villains in many Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Hollywood fil ...
as Police Lt. Melody Haynes
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Samuel S. Hinds
Samuel Southey Hinds (April 4, 1875October 13, 1948) was an American actor and former lawyer. He was often cast as kindly authority figures and appeared in more than 200 films in a career lasting 22 years.
Early years
Hinds was born in Brookly ...
as Prof. Slater
*
Robert Armstrong Robert Armstrong may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*Robert Armstrong (actor) (1890–1973), film actor
*Robert Armstrong (cartoonist) (born 1950), American underground comics artist and musician, coined the term "couch potato"
Fictional charac ...
as Williams
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Elisha Cook Jr. as Sam Collins
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Marc Lawrence
Marc Lawrence (born Max Goldsmith; February 17, 1910 – November 28, 2005) was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. He has also been credited as F. A. Foss, Marc Laurence and Marc C. Lawrence.
Early life
Lawrence w ...
as Joe DeRita
*Oliver Blake as Pat Tenny
*John Berkes as Louie Comey
Home media
In 2004 the film was released on DVD by Teakwood Video.
References
External links
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1946 films
Universal Pictures films
Films directed by Will Jason
1940s thriller films
American black-and-white films
American thriller films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
English-language thriller films
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