
The Lady from Shanghai(1947)
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.



Wayne Morris
Stephen Wayne

Margaret Lindsay
Sue Casey

William Gargan
Walter Gifford

Roscoe Karns
Jeremiah Jenkins

Robert Emmett Keane
Chick Lester

James Burke
Police Captain Orr

William Pawley
Dan Kraley

Frank Mitchell
Lennie Noland

Eddy Chandler
Patrolman Harrigan

Cliff Clark
Police Inspector Early
Double Alibi is a adventure, crime, mystery film released in 1940 exploring themes of romantic rivalry, drinking, death. Directed by Phil Rosen, it stars Wayne Morris, Margaret Lindsay, William Gargan. A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
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