Alibi

Roland West's first sound motion picture uses several new techniques first attributed to Alfred Hitchcock in Blackmail (dubbing of live dialogue, building subjective suspense by accenting a key phrase, using a chirping bird to distract, using sound to create an abstract rhythm). it's a gripping story about a young cop killer who marries the polilce chief's daughter to alibi the warehouse robbery he commits. Quick to shoot enemies in the back, he becomes a sniveling coward when he's finaly cornered.

Academy Award Nominations: Best Picture, Cheser Morris for Best Actor, 1929

USA | English | 1929 | 91 min | 4K Restored