Universal producer Ross Hunter is famous for high budget spectacles featuring the studio's staple acting duo, Rock Hudson and Doris Day, but early in his career he did a low budget film noir nugget featuring noted femme fatale Gloria Grahame in a different type of role.

"Naked Alibi" was released in 1954.  That same year Hunter scored with one of his major high budget triumphs with the adaptation of the Lloyd Douglas bestseller "Magnificent Obsession," which propelled Rock Hudson into the top ranks of international stardom playing opposite former "Best Actress" Academy Award recipient Jane Wyman.

Built around a tight budget, "Naked Alibi" proved once more the adage that with a sharply honed film noir script combined with good casting, along with disciplined direction and perceptive camera work, success can be achieved.  

"Naked Alibi" was a product of its time and as one observes members of the cast an immediate connection is made toward television since so many o achieved starring status in the home screen medium.