When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder.When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder.When an out-of-work Chicagoan travels west as a hobo on a freight train, he finds himself falsely accused of murder.
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- Ira Genet
- Floyd Gibbons(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp MC-64, Co. 1212 shown in the film was located in Whippany, New Jersey, near Morristown. It was established on October 25, 1935.
- GoofsWhen grabbed by the mob, Vince says is was in a boxcar in Arizona. However, earlier, he is shown jumping off a Pennsylvania Railroad train. That railroad did not operate west of Illinois or the Mississippi River.
- ConnectionsFeatures Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
- SoundtracksRemember My Forgotten Man
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played during the opening montage
Also played after Mack leaves the apartment and Vincent writes the letter
Featured review
Very Good Short
Alibi Mark (1937)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Part of Warner's "Your True Adventure" series, this short tells the story of a down on his luck man (Dennis Moore) who heads west hoping to find work during the Depression. Along his way he stops off in a small town where he finds a wallet and tries to exchange it for some food not knowing it belonged to a man murdered the previous night. This is the first short I've seen from the series so I can't say how good or bad it is overall but I really enjoyed this one here. The drama is pretty good as the innocent man gets picked up by a lynch mob and must try to get out alive. As with other Depression era shorts, this here gives a good detail of what it was like back then and how men did what they could to survive. Moore gives a very good performance in the lead and Floyd Gibbons narrates. The neat thing is that at the end of the film we get to see the real man that the story is based on.
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Part of Warner's "Your True Adventure" series, this short tells the story of a down on his luck man (Dennis Moore) who heads west hoping to find work during the Depression. Along his way he stops off in a small town where he finds a wallet and tries to exchange it for some food not knowing it belonged to a man murdered the previous night. This is the first short I've seen from the series so I can't say how good or bad it is overall but I really enjoyed this one here. The drama is pretty good as the innocent man gets picked up by a lynch mob and must try to get out alive. As with other Depression era shorts, this here gives a good detail of what it was like back then and how men did what they could to survive. Moore gives a very good performance in the lead and Floyd Gibbons narrates. The neat thing is that at the end of the film we get to see the real man that the story is based on.
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- Michael_Elliott
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- Your True Adventures (1937-1938 season) #4: Alibi Mark
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- Runtime13 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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