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Naked Alibi is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame and Gene Barry. It was released on October 1, 1954 by Universal-International. Portions of the film were shot in Tijuana.
Naked Alibi: Directed by Jerry Hopper. With Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry, Marcia Henderson. A chief of police detectives fired for brutality, tries to get evidence on a man suspected of killing 3 of his officers.
Naked Alibi is a 1954 American Film Noir directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Sterling Hayden and Gloria Grahame. Gloria Grahame was at the peak of her Hollywood career in 1954 with a string of recent noir films to her credit - Sudden Fear (1952), The Big Heat (1953), The Good Die Young (1954) and Human Desire (1954) - when she made Naked Alibi.
Brief Synopsis. Read More. Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them.
With Conroy in hot pursuit, Willis becomes reacquainted with nightclub singer Marianna (Gloria Grahame), who soon finds herself trapped in the two men’s cat and mouse game. Just as Shelley Winters served as noir’s favorite female murder victim, Grahame seems to have been noir’s favorite domestic violence victim, and this film is no ...
Naked Alibi Introduction. The reason why Gloria Graham, a noir icon, is not mentioned below is because the focus of my analysis of Naked Alibi is about film noir and Cold War politics during the McCarthy era. Main Credits. Director: Jerry Hopper. Screenplay: Lawrence Roman based on a story, “Cry Copper,” by J. Robert Bren and Gladys Atwater.
Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis 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, who pursues him doggedly despite lack of evidence.
