Alibi Ike

Year:

1935

Duration:

72 min (Turner library print)

Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Sport

IMDB rate:

6.2

Director:

Ray Enright

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1935-06-15

Filming Locations: Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Jim Thorpe

Joe E. Brown

Frank X. Farrell

Olivia de Havilland

Dolly Stevens

Ruth Donnelly

Bess

Roscoe Karns

Carey

William Frawley

Cap

Eddie Shubert

Jack Mack

Paul Harvey

Lefty Crawford

Joe King

Johnson - Owner (as Joseph King)

Joseph Crehan

Conductor (scenes deleted)

G. Pat Collins

Lieutenant

Spencer Charters

Minister

Gene Morgan

Smitty

Herman Bell

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Wade Boteler

Giant's Manager (uncredited)

Pauline Brooks

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Guy Cantrell

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Detective (uncredited)

Jack Cheatham

Operator (uncredited)

Frank Coghlan Jr.

Jimmy - the Newsboy (uncredited)

Dick Cox

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Cedric Durst

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Bill Elliott

Fan in the stands (uncredited)

Ray French

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Mike Gazella

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Sam Hayes

First Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Wally Hebert

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Wally Hood

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Don Hurst

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

Second Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Smead Jolley

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

Baseball Fan (uncredited)

Wes Kingdon

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Lou Koupal

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Jim Levy

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Grover Ligon

Truck Driver (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

Umpire (uncredited)

Bob Meusel

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Bruce Mitchell

Detective (uncredited)

Louis Natheaux

Lefty's Henchman with Mustache (uncredited)

Jack Norton

Reporter (uncredited)

Jed Prouty

Jewelry Merchant (uncredited)

Wally Rehg

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

George Riley

Ball Player (uncredited)

Adrian Rosley

Hotel Valet (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

Kelly - Letter Delivery Man (uncredited)

Harry Seymour

Piano Player (uncredited)

Frank Shellenback

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Philip Sleeman

Gangster (uncredited)

Frank Sully

Ball Player (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Hotel Night Porter (uncredited)

Ed Wells

Major League Baseball Player (uncredited)

Huey White

Saunders - Henchman (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Sam McDaniel (Porter) and Dick Winslow (Bellboy) are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members for their roles, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. Joseph Crehan is credited as "Conductor," but he also was not seen.

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When this film was first released to TV in 1956, the sequences involving the gamblers and their attempts to have Ike "throw" the game were practically eliminated, reducing the length of the film by 20 minutes, unnoticed on commercial TV. The appearance of "Lefty", the head of the gambling syndicate, was reduced to just one scene as a spectator in the stands commenting on the game. Additionally, Ike arriving late for a game, arrives at the ballpark in a delivery vehicle pulling a convoy of cars. In the 50s TV edited version, this hysterical event appears to viewers to be only the result of Ike's notorious chicanery. In the restored version, we see that Ike first actually wound up within the convoy as he was being chased by the gamblers.

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Although this was the first film to be released of Olivia de Havilland, it was filmed after A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), the first film she had made.

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Goofs

The plot hinges on the lights being turned out at the Chicago Cubs' ballpark during a night game, so the hero can change into a uniform. Wrigley Field, the Cubs' home field, did not have lights installed until 1988.

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In the climactic game, Farrell hurriedly dons an over sized uniform. However, in his final at-bat, a long shot from behind the plate shows him in a uniform that fits him perfectly.

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In the final game at the end of the movie, the opposing team is constantly referred to as the Giants when their uniforms clearly show them as the Cardinals.

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Quotes

Frank X. Farrell: [to Cap] You know, it isn't easy pitchin' out there in a night shirt even if it is a night game.

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Reporter: Well, Cap, what's your idea about the club this season?

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Frank X. Farrell: [Sticking his head in the bathroom] Is this the men's washroom?

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Faq

Q

List: Wacky baseball

A

See: this FAQ entry

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