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Her Alibi is a 1989 American romantic comedy film directed by Bruce Beresford, written by Charlie Peters and starring Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William Daniels, and James Farentino . Plot. Phil Blackwood (Selleck) is an American mystery novelist who has fallen into a rut with predictable plots and declining sales.
Feb 3, 1989 · Her Alibi: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Tom Selleck, Paulina Porizkova, William Daniels, James Farentino. Phil has writer's block after 30 detective novels. In court for inspiration, he sees a cute Romanian murder suspect. He provides her alibi.
"Her Alibi" is a movie in the second category - endless, pointless and ridiculous, right up to the final shot of the knife going through the cockroach. This movie is desperately bankrupt of imagination and wit, and Tom Selleck looks adrift in it. He plays a detective novelist, named Blackwood, who has run out of inspiration.
Tom Selleck and Paulina Porizkova team in this frothy blend of mystery, comedy and romance directed by Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy). 1,501 IMDb 5.8 1 h 34 min 1989. X-Ray PG-13. Comedy · Romance · Dark · Mysterious. Available to rent or buy.
kevin c Tom Selleck plays a novelist who's gotten writers block and decides to lie to the authorities claiming to be a beautiful murder suspects alibi, so that he can possibly write about it. Far...
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- Romance, Comedy
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Her Alibi (1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Overview. A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful woman who was arrested for murder at first thinking her innocent, but as she shows more and more interesting abilities (such as knife throwing) he begins to doubt his first assessment. Bruce Beresford. Director. Charlie Peters. Writer.
