Ten Minute Alibi (1935) Poster

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5/10
Surprised It Took 45 Minutes
boblipton24 July 2020
Phillip Holmes loves Aileen Marson, but she's about to go off to foreign lands with fascinating Frenchman Theo Shall, which will make her That Sort Of Woman. A bare hour before they are due to leave, Holmes goes to her home to beg her not to.... and finds Shall dead. When detective George Merritt gets there, he finds the timeline wonky. Did Holmes arrive before Shall, or after? A matter of ten minutes willmake the difference between his innocence and guilt!

The copy of this movie was a Pathe cutdown of the original, from about 75 minutes to little more than 45, but the heart of the story remains complete, if a trifle melodramatic in its rendering. The early effort by Bernard Vorhaus is quick, efficient, and has all the hallmarks of being a slightly expanded stage play. Morton Selton plays his typical bluff, harrumphing aristo, and if no one covers themselves in glory, at 45 minutes it's a quick,inoffensive bit of film.
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6/10
its all about a clock
malcolmgsw3 April 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This is a quota quickie directed by the noted director Bernard Vorhaus.Phillps Holmes and Aileen Marson are involved in a car accident with Theo Shall.Rather unbelievably Marson and Shall take an immediate shine to one another.Shall it turns out is on the prowl for well off naive young women.He is ready to whisk her off to Paris to relieve her of her money.Holmes decides to murder him in an elaborate scheme which involves constantly changing the time on a big clock.He smashes Schalls watch so that it reads 3.04pm,then goes to elaborate lengths to ensure that no one is able to show that he was in the flat at the time.Routine but entertaining.
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