have this ever happen to you . i go into my local video store and see a few new arrival in the film noir section . i spy a copy of a new arrival of a film i have never see call naked alibi . it from one of those mail order video company that offer ( mostly ) dupey look copy of hard to find title . the description on the box sound good . the film have player i like ( sterling hayden and gloria grahame and and gene barry ) . so i take it home and watch it . about ten minute into this film i start have second thought . about half way through this film i start to dislike it . by the time the film end and i not only dislike it and i despise it . the film open with cop question al willis on suspicion of robbery . other than be drunk and the police have nothing on him . when he push a cop and demand to be allow to go home and the cop beat him up . detective conroy arrives and let the cop finish the beating and then announces willis be in the clear . willis swear he will get revenge . later one of the police officer be shot dead . with no evidence other that willis be sore about the beating and conroy make willis his sole suspect and despite the fact that his bos name a pair of mobster a suspect . conroy arrest him and but for lack evidence willis be release . the next day two more cop be kill by a bomb . this time conroy go to the bakery that willis own and try to beat a confession out of him . conroy doesn not know it but a local newsman whose paper have be accuse conroys department of police brutality snap a picture of conroy try strangle willis and conroy be fire . but conroy continue his pursuit and willis flees to mexico where willis have a mistress . conroy manage to convince his mistress ( who willis treat rather rough ) to help him prove willis be a killer . what this film lack be a convincing script . the script look a if only a rough draft be write and shoot begin before a finished script be complete . thing happen and character personality change and plot twist occur for no real reason other than that script call for it . other than the fact that willis like to tip a glass now and than and there be nothing in the early part of the film to make u think that he be a crazy killer that cheat on his wife . he treat his wife and his kid and employee well . early in the film and one get the impression that it conroy be the one whose be a loose cannon . he seem to casually approve of police brutality . conroy and for no reason be convince from the very start willis have criminal past . he seem to operate on the motto of the old communist bulgarian secret police while everyone be guilty of something and we just have not find out about it yet . later conroy show kindness to al mistress and young son and now we be suppose to like him . sorry . the early impression i get of conroy stuck with me too long . and he be also a dumb cop . only after he be fire and go to mexico do he run a background check on willis and discovers that a warrant be out for him issue in maryland . why do not he think of this before . because this film hadn not use up enough running time . the cast be good . gene barry do well consider how poorly conceive his role of al willis be . i be big fan of 40 and 50 crime thriller but not only do i not think this film be good and it leave a bad taste in my mouth ( something many modern film do and but old film rarely do ) .