{"id":34745,"date":"2023-12-15T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34745"},"modified":"2023-12-08T13:40:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T18:40:06","slug":"naked-alibi-1954-starring-sterling-hayden-gloria-grahame-gene-barry-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=34745","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Naked Alibi&#8221; (1954) starring Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame &#038; Gene Barry \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z121523zview_nakedalibi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Naked Alibi <\/strong><\/em>(1954)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director:\u00a0 <strong>Jerry Hopper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Lawrence Roman <\/strong>based on the story <em>Cry Copper<\/em>\u00a0by <strong>Gladys Atwater, J. Robert Bren<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Sterling Hayden<\/strong><strong>, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry, Max Showalter, Billy Chapin, Stuart Randall, John Alvin, Dee Carroll\u00a0<\/strong> and <strong>Chuck Connors.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>The Cop, The Killer and the Border Town Woman!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Albert Willis (Barry) is brought in for questioning about some recent robberies.\u00a0 Although drunk, Willis has no record, is married and owns a local bakery.\u00a0 Willis becomes more and more angry as the questioning continues.\u00a0 He ends up hitting a cop.\u00a0 In retaliation, they work him over.\u00a0 Willis, vows to get even with the cops who beat him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Willis&#8217; lawyer gets him released with no charges.\u00a0 This only angers Chief Joseph E. Conroy (Hayden), who has no doubt Willis is guilty.\u00a0 That evening one of the cops who beat Willis is murdered.\u00a0 Chief Conroy is sure WIllis is the killer.\u00a0 Conroy and a couple of his buddies begin tailing Willis everywhere he goes.\u00a0 When Conroy is told to back off, he refuses.\u00a0 Conroy is then fired.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, more than ever Conroy is determined to prove that Albert Willis is a thief and murderer.\u00a0 Willis tells his wife he needs to get away from the publicity and to clear his head.\u00a0 He decides to go to Border City for the weekend.\u00a0 Little does he know Conroy is close behind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Naked Alibi<\/em> doesn&#8217;t play out at all like I thought it would.\u00a0 I like that.\u00a0 Who&#8217;s the &#8220;good guy&#8221; or better yet, who&#8217;s the bad guy?<\/p>\n<p>Gloria Grahame is always good.\u00a0 It&#8217;s fun seeing a young Chuck Connors years before <em>The Rifleman<\/em> fame.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\"><em><strong>Naked Alibi <\/strong><\/em>(1954) earns 4 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2023\/z121523zview_nakedalibi2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naked Alibi (1954) Director:\u00a0 Jerry Hopper Screenplay: Lawrence Roman based on the story Cry Copper\u00a0by Gladys Atwater, J. 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