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Summary

A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.

Details

Release Date: October 26, 1943

Runtime: 65 minutes

Genres: Crime, Mystery

Rating: 6.2/10 (5 votes)


Boston Blackie Collection

  • Meet Boston Blackie

    Meet Boston Blackie

    When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring.

  • Confessions of Boston Blackie

    Confessions of Boston Blackie

    A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston Blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the law makes him an easy target for the police. When the body disappears, Blackie must find it to prove his innocence.

  • Alias Boston Blackie

    Alias Boston Blackie

    It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as Inspector Farrady. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two ex-partners. Boston Blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie's clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Of course, the Inspector immediately suspects Blackie of being involved. Now it is Blackie's job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.

  • Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood

    Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood

    Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in California. Performing this good deed, he is accused of theft, but is allowed to proceed to Hollywood to help the police find a lost diamond.

  • After Midnight with Boston Blackie

    After Midnight with Boston Blackie

    Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.

  • One Mysterious Night

    One Mysterious Night

    After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.

  • Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

    Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

    Blackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition at an auction.

  • Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

    Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

    Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.

  • A Close Call for Boston Blackie

    A Close Call for Boston Blackie

    Blackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets out of prison he's killed in Blackie's apartment and of course the police thing Blackie pulled the trigger. Blackie must set out to prove his innocence as well as capture the real killers.

  • Boston Blackie and the Law

    Boston Blackie and the Law

    Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.

  • Trapped by Boston Blackie

    Trapped by Boston Blackie

    Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.

  • Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

    Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

    Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.

  • The Chance of a Lifetime

    The Chance of a Lifetime

    A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.

  • The Phantom Thief

    The Phantom Thief

    Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. "Blackie" out to help his pal, "Runt," recover some jewels, finds himself involved in the homicides, and also finds himself as the prime suspect, and now has to find the real culprit in order to clear himself. So "Blackie,", a man of many talents and already a proved magician from cases past, shows he knows a little bit about dancing skeletons, walking phantoms and spiritualism himself, and holds a séance to unmask the murderer.


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Cast

  • Chester Morris

    Chester Morris

    Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black

  • Erik Rolf

    Erik Rolf

    Dooley Watson

  • Jeanne Bates

    Jeanne Bates

    Mary Watson

  • Richard Lane

    Richard Lane

    Insp. John Farraday

  • George E. Stone

    George E. Stone

    The Runt

  • Lloyd Corrigan

    Lloyd Corrigan

    Arthur Manleder

  • Douglas Fowley

    Douglas Fowley

    Nails Blanton (Uncredited)

  • Sid Melton

    Sid Melton

    Benny Hines (Uncredited)

  • Ray Teal

    Ray Teal

    Policeman Joe (Uncredited)

  • Maude Eburne

    Maude Eburne

    Edna Counihan (Uncredited)

  • Arthur Hunnicutt

    Arthur Hunnicutt

    Elwood "Tex" Stewart (Uncredited)

  • Cy Kendall

    Cy Kendall

    Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)

  • Pierre Watkin

    Pierre Watkin

    State Governor Rutledge (Uncredited)

  • Walter Sande

    Walter Sande

    Detective Sergeant Matthews (Uncredited)

  • Richard Alexander

    Richard Alexander

    Carpet Man (Uncredited)

  • Jessie Arnold

    Jessie Arnold

    Woman in Hallway (Uncredited)

  • Trevor Bardette

    Trevor Bardette

    Manny Vogel (Uncredited)

  • Eddie Bruce

    Eddie Bruce

    Sandy (Uncredited)

  • Eddy Chandler

    Eddy Chandler

    Policeman Frank (Uncredited)

  • Heinie Conklin

    Heinie Conklin

    Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)

  • Sayre Dearing

    Sayre Dearing

    Reporter at Parole Board Hearing (Uncredited)

  • Minta Durfee

    Minta Durfee

    Woman in Hallway (Uncredited)

  • Joel Friedkin

    Joel Friedkin

    Joe Painter (Uncredited)

  • Kit Guard

    Kit Guard

    Wilfred Thompson (Uncredited)

  • John Harmon

    John Harmon

    Red Taggart (Uncredited)

  • Carl M. Leviness

    Carl M. Leviness

    Parole Board Member (Uncredited)

  • George Magrill

    George Magrill

    Policeman (Uncredited)

  • Forbes Murray

    Forbes Murray

    Chairman of Parole Board (Uncredited)

  • Frank O'Connor

    Frank O'Connor

    Policeman (Uncredited)

  • Harry Semels

    Harry Semels

    Jerome Wagner (Uncredited)

  • John Tyrrell

    John Tyrrell

    Driver (Uncredited)