''Double Alibi'' is a 1937 British

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directed by David MacDonald and starring

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and

Linden Travers Florence Lindon-Travers, known professionally as Linden Travers (27 May 1913 – 23 October 2001 Ronald Bergan ), was a British actress. Life and career Travers was born in Houghton-le-Spring, County Durham, the daughter of Florence (né ...

. It was made at

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as a

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by the British subsidiary of the Hollywood studio

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.Chibnall p.288

Plot

The seemingly watertight alibi of a criminal is wrecked by the testimony of a woman connected with a rival gang.

Cast

as Crayshaw *

as Charlie * Paul Neville as Dawkin *

as Rita *

Mavis Villiers Mavis Villiers (born Mavis Clare Cooney; 10 December 190923 February 1976) was an Australian-born British actress of stage, film and television. Her parents were John Cooney and Clara Smythe. Her brother, Cecil Cooney, was a camera operator an ...

as Miss Grant *

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as Mrs. Havilland * Charles Eaton as Davidson *

Eric Hales Eric Hales (1901–1993) was a British actor. Selected filmography * '' The Second Mate'' (1928) * '' The Lure of the Atlantic'' (1929) * '' Chelsea Life'' (1933) * ''Anne One Hundred'' (1933) * ''The Secret of the Loch'' (1934) * '' Lucky D ...

as Chauffeur

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The British 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

* 1937 films British crime drama films 1937 crime drama films Films directed by David MacDonald (director) Films shot at Wembley Studios 20th Century Fox films Films with screenplays by Edward Dryhurst British black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s British films {{1930s-UK-film-stub