Alibi Ike

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Alibi Ike is a 1935 baseball-themed comedy film starring Joe E. Brown as a boastful rookie player whose constant excuses earn him the nickname "Alibi Ike."

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Alibi Ike canonical 5
Alibi Ike (short story) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball film
film
authorOfSourceWork Ring Lardner
basedOn Alibi Ike (short story)
linked to: Alibi Ike
characterIn Alibi Ike (character)
cinematographyBy Arthur L. Todd
countryOfOrigin United States
director Ray Enright
distributor Warner Bros.
editedBy Owen Marks
follows Elmer the Great
linked to: Elmer

Fireman, Save My Child
format black-and-white film
genre baseball film
comedy film
sports film
hasFilmPoster theatrical release poster
hasTheme boastfulness
romantic comedy
sportsmanship
mainCharacter Frank X. Farrell
mainCharacterNickname Alibi Ike
musicBy Leo F. Forbstein
notableFor early film role of Olivia de Havilland
originalLanguage English
partOf Joe E. Brown baseball film series
plotSummary A talented rookie baseball player whose constant excuses and alibis cause trouble on and off the field.
producer Samuel Bischoff
productionCompany Warner Bros.
publicationDate 1935-06-15
releaseYear 1935
runtimeMinutes 63
screenwriter Tom Geraghty
William Wister Haines
setting professional baseball
starring Eddie Shubert
Joe E. Brown
Olivia de Havilland
Paul Harvey
Roscoe Karns
Ruth Donnelly
William Frawley
timePeriodOfWork 1930s American cinema
title Alibi Ike

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Joe E. Brown notableWork Alibi Ike
Alibi Ike basedOn Alibi Ike (short story)
linked to: Alibi Ike
Alibi Ike mainCharacterNickname Alibi Ike
Alibi Ike title Alibi Ike
Joseph Evans Brown notableWork Alibi Ike
Ring Lardner notableWork Alibi Ike