The Alibi 1937 Paris, 1937 Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the police theyve spent the night together, which doesnt fool Callas, the police officer who investigates the murder He hires one of his fellow officers in order to seduce Helene