The Alibi (French: L'Alibi) is a 1937 French mystery film directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean and Jany Holt.

[2] It was released in the United States in April 1939 by Columbia Pictures.

It was remade as the 1942 British film Alibi starring Margaret Lockwood and James Mason.

Professor Winckler, a stage thought reader, encounters an old enemy and kills him.

A police detective is convinced that Winckler is the murderer and sets out to break the alibi.