Rent Naked Alibi (1954)
3.3 of 5 from 54 ratings
1h 26min
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- Synopsis:
- Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis (Gene Barry) attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only suspect in the eyes of tough Chief Conroy (Sterling Hayden), who pursues him doggedly despite the lack of evidence. The obsessed Conroy is dismissed from the force but continues to harass Willis, who flees to a sleazy town on the Mexican border. Of course, Conroy follows. But which is crazy, Conroy or Willis?
- Actors:
- Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry, Marcia Henderson, Max Showalter, Billy Chapin, Shailar Coby, Don Haggerty, Stuart Randall, Don Garrett, Richard Beach, Tol Avery, Paul Levitt, Fay Roope, Joseph Mell, John Alvin, Dee Carroll, Cheryll Clarke, Dick Crockett, Dean Cromer
- Directors:
- Jerry Hopper
- Producers:
- Ross Hunter
- Writers:
- Lawrence Roman, J. Robert Bren, Gladys Atwater
- Aka:
- Cry Copper / The Tight Squeeze
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 14/11/2022
- Run Time:
- 86 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentaries with Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson on 'Naked Alibi'
- The John Player Lecture with Joan Fontaine (1978): archival audio recording of the much-loved star in conversation
- The Heel with Sex Appeal: Nick Pinkerton on Dan Duryea
- Return to Europe: Christina Newland on Robert Siodmak
- Absolute Magnetism: Lucy Bolton on Gloria Grahame
- Film Noir Festival Q&A with Victoria Price (2018): archival video recording of Vincent Price's daughter in conversation
- United Action Means Victory (1939): documentary short written by Ben Maddow
- Skirmish on the Home Front (1944): short film starring William Bendix
- A Salute to France (1944): short film starring Claude Dauphin
- Easy to Get (1947): short campaign film directed by Joseph M Newman
- The Cinematographer (1951): documentary short directed by Jerry Hopper
- ''Naked Alibi' Trailer
- Image galleries
- UK premieres on Blu-ray
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Reviews (1) of Naked Alibi
Fifties Noir. - Naked Alibi review by Steve
Most noir fans will know this for the once-only combination of all time genre greats, Sterling Hayden and Gloria Grahame. And they are the best part of film; he is a tough cop sacked for leaning on a murder suspect with powerful political friends, and she is a pitiful cantina chanteuse in love with the wrong guy.
Gene Barry is also interesting as the connected criminal who obsesses them both. Hayden because he is convinced the superficially upright citizen is a sociopathic cop killer. And Gloria because she wants to marry the scumbag even though he treats her so bad. And he's already married! He makes a potent villain; slippery, entitled, whiny….
In fact he seems like a model for Scorpio in Dirty Harry (1971). He gives the film most of its pull because we want to see him taken down, badly. The ex-detective goes vigilante and tracks the accused to a Mexican border town where he gets the shop soiled torch singer to switch sides.
This clearly draws on GG’s bad girl role in The Big Heat, a year earlier, but here she’s a shabby pushover who never got any breaks. The story is fine and the scuzzy, lowlife location gives the film atmosphere. It’s just a B-picture by a director who mostly did tv. But the three stars make it feel like something more.
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