Charlie Chan | Dark Alibi (1946) [Crime] [Mystery]



“Dark Alibi” is a 1946 American film directed by Phil Karlson featuring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. In this movie Charlie Chan works with a public defender to clear a man wrongly convicted and scheduled for execution.

Directed by Phil Karlson, produced by James S. Burkett, written by Earl Derr Biggers (characters) and George Callahan (writer), starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan, Benson Fong as Tommy Chan, Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown, Teala Loring as June Harley, George Holmes as Hugh Kenzie, Ben Carter as Carter, Joyce Compton as Emily Evans, John Eldredge as Morgan, Russell Hicks as Warden Cameron, Tim Ryan as Foggy, Janet Shaw as Miss Petrie, Edward Earle as Thomas Harley, Ray Walker as Danvers, Milton Parsons as Johnson, Edna Holland as Mrs. Foss, Anthony Warde as Slade and George Eldredge as Brand.

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Career – 1959 Full Movie



Starring Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine & Anthony Franciosa.
Like the show, actor Sam Lawson (Franciosa) must go on. He’s determined to make it on the New York stage, even when the road to success becomes a long, challenging detour that tests all his talent, resources & will. Adapted by James Lee from his Broadway play & featuring a colorful array of footlight types: an opportunistic, me-first director (Martin); a spoiled rich girl (MacLaine) whose priorities are men & booze; a young wife (Joan Blackman) whose marriage fortunes rise & fall with the theater curtain; & an agent (Carolyn Jones) who’s learned the ropes the hard way. Their lives cross–& sometimes double cross–with Lawson’s in this well-crafted, knowing film nominated for 3 Academy Awards (R).

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The Gunfighter (1950) – Gregory Peck Movies – Western Movie



The Gunfighter (1950) – Gregory Peck Movies – Western Movie. Directed by Henry King. With Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Jean Parker. Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love, who doesn’t want to see him. He hasn’t come looking for trouble, but trouble finds him around every corner.

Stars: Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell.

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trio 1950 full movie



Consisting of three adaptations of W. Somerset Maugham short stories, this film follows the tales of a verger, a jewelry dealer, and the patients of a sanatorium. In the first tale, a verger is ousted from the church by a vicar due to his illiteracy, and seeks to become an entrepreneur. “Mr. Know-All” sees an arrogant jewelry dealer make a bet, with a woman’s happiness at stake. The third story, “Sanatorium,” explores death, rivalry and love as patients improve their health.

Initial release: 1950

Directors: Ken Annakin, Harold French

Producer: Antony Darnborough

Box office: 147,000 GBP (by 1953)

Film series: Quartet Film Series

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