The Glass Alibi *** (1946, Paul Kelly, Douglas Fowley, Anne Gwynne, Maris Wrixon) – Classic Movie Review 13,543

W Lee Wilder’s 1946 Republic Pictures black and white film noir crime thriller The Glass Alibi stars Paul Kelly, Douglas Fowley, Anne Gwynne, and Maris Wrixon.

Producer/ director W Lee Wilder’s 1946 Republic Pictures American black and white film noir crime thriller The Glass Alibi is written by Mindret Lord, and stars Paul Kelly, Douglas Fowley, Anne Gwynne, and Maris Wrixon.

A wicked newsman-trickster, Joe Eykner (Douglas Fowley), weds an apparently dying wealthy woman, Santa Monica widow Linda Vale (Maris Wrixon), waiting for her to die.

But when this doesn’t happen on cue, and instead Linda’s condition appears to be improving rapidly, he and his Mob moll girlfriend, Belle Martin (Anne Gwynne, have to try to plot a perfect murder. But homicide police detective Max Anderson (Paul Kelly) is soon on the case.

It is familiar territory, maybe, but W Lee Wilder delivers a nice, tense, well-plotted little B-movie thriller.

Also in the cast are Ted Stanhope, Selmer Jackson, Cy Kendall, Cyril Thornton, Walter Soderling, Forrest Taylor, Dick Scott, Victor Potel, Jack Conrad, George Chandler, Eula Guy and Phyllis Adair.

It runs 70 minutes.

It was released on April 27, 1946.

The Glass Alibi is directed by W Lee Wilder, is made by W Lee Wilder Productions, is released by Republic Pictures, is written by Mindret Lord, shot by Henry Sharp, produced by W Lee Wilder, scored by Alexander Laszlo, and designed by Frank Welch.

It is the first of 15 films directed by W Lee Wilder.

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