Alibi Ike (1935)
The man with a million excuses!
Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.
- Date of release
- 1935-06-15
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Ray Enright
Casting
- Joe E. Brown — Frank "Ike" 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
- Fred 'Snowflake' Toones — Night Porter
Interesting facts
Alibi Ike is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland and William Frawley. Based on the short story of the same name by Ring Lardner, first published in the Saturday Evening Post on July 31, 1915, the film is about an ace baseball player nicknamed "Alibi Ike" for his penchant for making up excuses. Lardner is said to have patterned the character after baseball player King Cole.
Production
A portion of the film was shot at Amerige Park in Fullerton, CA.
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