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Dark Alibi

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After three men are convicted of bank robberies, Charlie becomes suspicious. After some investigation Charlie finds the men are innocent and that the fingerprint evidence used to convict them had been forged. Charlie then proceeds to find the true bank robbers.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1946-05-25

Runtime: 61 mins

Director: Phil Karlson

Spoken language: English

Genres: Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Original title: Dark Alibi

Production Companies: Monogram Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

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The Jade Mask
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The Scarlet Clue
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The Red Dragon
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Dangerous Money
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Reviews

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Geronimo1967
Three ex-cons have been convicted of committing separate violent bank robberies and the last of them is on death row with only 9 days left to go. The local public defender has doubts about their convictions - largely on the basis of fingerprint evidence, so he enlists "Charlie Chan" to investigate. Mantan Moreland "Birmingham Brown" and Benson Fong "Tommy - No. 3 son - Chan" chip in well as our Oriental sleuth uses his fiendishly clever deductive mind to prove the fingerprints are a forgery and to reveal the true perpetrators. This is a fun, quick-moving little crime caper done on a pretty tight budget. If you like the genre, then this is one of the better stories.
2022-07-07

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