A Close Call for Boston Blackie

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

60 mins | Crime, Mystery | Jan. 24, 1946

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.

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

60 mins | Crime, Mystery | Jan. 24, 1946

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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Directors Lew Landers
Writers Jack Boyle, Paul Yawitz, Ben Markson

Cast

Chester Morris

as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black / Cyrus Peyton

Lynn Merrick

as Geraldine 'Gerry' Peyton

Richard Lane

as Inspector Farraday

Frank Sully

as Sgt. Matthews

George E. Stone

as The Runt

Claire Carleton

as Mamie Kirwin

Russell Hicks

as Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)

Charles Lane

as Hack Hagen (uncredited)

Erik Rolf

as Smiley Slade (uncredited)

John Tyrrell

as Policeman (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Coroner (uncredited)

Wanda Perry

as Tenant in Hallway (uncredited)