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.
From the archive
When reformed thief Boston Blackie stages a Christmas show for inmates at a prison, a wrongly-convicted man uses the opportunity to escape. After a murder is committed, Blackie must exonerate himself by finding both the escapee and the killer. #3 of 14 "Boston Blackie" films released between 1941 and 1949. Chester Morris as Horatio "Boston Blackie" Black Adele Mara as Eve Sanders Richard Lane as Inspector Farraday George E. Stone as The Runt Lloyd Corrigan as Arthur Manleder Walter Sande as Detective Mathews Larry Parks as Joe Trilby George McKay as Roggi McKay Cy Kendall as Jumbo Madigan Paul Fix as Steve Caveroni I colorized this using AI software that doesn't always get the colors right, but I think it looks fairly natural. Hopefully a more professional job will be done someday.
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- Director
- Lew Landers
- Starring
- Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Lloyd Corrigan, Walter Sande, Larry Parks, George McKay
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