The Red-Haired Alibi
The Red-Haired Alibi was a feature-length film produced by Tower Productions. Producer was Sigmund Neufeld.
Released on October 15, 1932, it was directed by Christy Cabanne. The movie was based on a novel of the same name written by Wilson Collison. It is the first feature-length film to feature child actress Shirley Temple in the credits.[1]
Plot
As a thriller, the beginning is a murder. At White Plain a woman murders a man. Then she leaves in the rainy night, while police is driving to the restaurant where the murder was committed. The policeman even talked to her, when the car didn't want to start. The restaurant manager annoyed because fearing the scandal. The Police thinks it was a gangs-affair, but then someone talked about that a woman was mixed up. The waiter of the restaurant was peeping so he heard parts of the talk between the woman and the murdered man. He tells it to the police officer, who immediately associates that it must be the red haired alibi. The waiter tells about a red haired woman and a murder case where a certain Morgan was involved.
When Police Inspector Regan (Purnell Pratt) and his colleague Police Captain Kent (Huntley Gordon) come to see Bob Shelton, and to talk with his wife, she (Merna Kennedy) is already prepared to a long explanation, why she had to kill the man. After she told them, they ask her to give them the gun. As they look what caliber it was, they discover that she fired but as her gun is a 32 it couldn't have killed the man, as he was shot with a 45. So finally her happiness with her small family at White Plains is not threatened any more, neither from her dirty past and the blackmailer, nor by the police.
Cast
- Merna Kennedy as Lynn Monith
- Theodore von Eltz as Trent Travers
- Grant Withers as Bob Shelton
- Purnell Pratt as Police Inspector Regan
- Huntley Gordon as Police Captain Kent
- Fred Kelsey as Detective Corcoran
- Arthur Hoyt as Henri
- Paul Porcasi as Margoli
- John Vosburgh as Morgan
- Shirley Temple as Gloria Shelton
- Harry Bowen as Travers' Henchman (uncredited)
- Lynton Brent as Travers' Henchman (uncredited)
- Harrison Greene as Harry - Silver Moon Maitre D' (uncredited)
- Maynard Holmes as Beer Garden Singer (uncredited)
- Marion Lessing as Miss Bee Lee (uncredited)
- Spec O'Donnell as Tommy (uncredited)
References
- ↑ "The Red-Haired Alibi (1932)". nytimes.com. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
External links
The Red-Haired Alibi at the Internet Movie Database