Saturday, March 23, 2013

Blonde Alibi (1946)

The blonde in the movie is Martha O'Driscoll, although what her being blonde has to do with the movie is unclear.

A doctor stumbles into the street and is hit by a taxi. However, he had been shot and was not killed by the taxi. Donald McBride is his usual irritable self as Inspector Carmichael. He and his assistant give almost a slapstick comedy element.

O'Driscoll leaves the country to avoid the romancing of the doctor, and is brought back as a suspect. Her ex-boyfriend (Tom Neal) is also a suspect, and a legally-blind man who is a witness. McBride sets out to solve the murder, while his assistants are grilling Louie the Squealer, a mob stool pigeon. Who dunnit? Stay tuned. A little bit of a surprise ending.


Donald McBride


Martha O'Driscoll

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