Dark Alibi (1946)
1h 1m | PG-13
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.
Director: Phil Karlson
Studio: Monogram Pictures
Genre: Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Video: 720p
Cast
Sidney Toler
as Charlie Chan
Mantan Moreland
as Birmingham Brown
Ben Carter
as Benjamin Brown
Benson Fong
as Tommy Chan
Teala Loring
as June Harley
George Holmes
as Hugh Kenzie
Reviews
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.