"Naked Alibi"

The AAA Theatre, 8612 S. Broadway, is seen on the right in this quick shot 6:42 into "Naked Alibi" (Universal-International, 1954). A policeman has been killed and all cars are called into action to hunt for the killer. The image is from the trailer for the film. 

The police car is turning north onto Broadway. That's the Broadway Merry-Go-Round Restaurant on the southeast corner of Broadway and Manchester with an address of 8606 S. Broadway. The Arrow Furniture Exchange is next door at 8608 S. Broadway.  

The film stars Sterling Hayden, Gloria Grahame, Gene Barry, Marcia Henderson, Max Showalter and Stuart Randall. Jerry Hopper directed. The cinematography was by Russell Metty. We finish the action in Tijuana. 

 

Sorry to say that the Kino Lorber Blu-ray of the film seriously crops the frame. But we can read the titles on the marquee: Stewart Granger and Wendell Corey in "The Wild North" (1952) along with Errol Flynn in "Adventures of Captain Fabian" (1951).   

See the page about the AAA Theatre on the Los Angeles Theatres site for a history of this movie house.

The full film can be seen in a low-res version on Internet Archive.  

On IMDb: "Naked Alibi"