Alibi Inn Explained

Alibi Inn
Director:	Walter Tennyson
Producer:	Walter Tennyson
Starring:	Molly Lamont Ben Welden Olive Sloane
Studio:	Central Film Productions
Distributor:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Runtime:	53 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

Alibi Inn is a 1935 British crime drama film directed by Walter Tennyson and starring Molly Lamont, Ben Welden and Olive Sloane.^[1] It was produced as a quota quickie for distribution by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.^[2]

Synopsis

A young inventor is wrongfully accused of killing a night watchmen committed by a gang during a jewel robbery.

Cast

• Molly Lamont as Mary Talbot
• Frederick Bradshaw as Jack Lawton
• Ben Welden as Saunders
• Gladys Jennings as Anne
• Olive Sloane as Oueenie
• Brian Buchel as Masters
• Wilfrid Hyde-White as Husband

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

Notes and References

1. Wood p.88
2. Chibnall p.281