Dark Alibi is a 1946 American film directed by Phil Karlson featuring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. It is also known as Charlie Chan in Alcatraz, Fatal Fingerprints and Fatal Fingertips.
The policemen do not believe Harleys explanation, partly because he claims to have been called to the warehouse by a note from an old cell mate by the name of Dave Wyatt, a man that has been dead for eight years. Subsequently, Harley is sentenced to death for the robbery. He goes off to prison to wait for his execution.Harleys daughter June asks private investigator Charlie Chan for help to prove her fathers innocence. Hearing about the suspicious circumstances, Chan immediately agrees to take the case. ........
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