A Close Call for Boston Blackie

1946 PG-13 1h 0m

5.4 / 10 8

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5.4/10

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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.

Director Lew Landers

Writers

Jack Boyle Paul Yawitz Ben Markson

Stars

Chester Morris Lynn Merrick Richard Lane

Chester Morris

Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black / Cyrus Peyton

Lynn Merrick

Geraldine 'Gerry' Peyton

Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)

Charles Lane

Hack Hagen (uncredited)

Erik Rolf

Smiley Slade (uncredited)

John Tyrrell

Policeman (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Coroner (uncredited)

Wanda Perry

Tenant in Hallway (uncredited)

Crime Mystery

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Geronimo1967 7 Jul 2022

6/10

The eponymous "Blackie" (Chester Morris) and his sidekick the "Runt" (George E. Stone) rescue a woman assaulted outside their apartment. The former soon recognises the lass as "Gerry" (Lynn Merrick), an ex-girlfriend heiress and what's more, she has a baby with her too! Who's is it? Who assaulted her? Why? Well it doesn't take us long before the first gunshots ring out and good old "Insp. Farraday...