Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
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This twelfth entry in Columbia's "Boston Blackie" series is essentially a remake of 1942's Alias Boston Blackie. In the original, a falsely accused convict (Larry Parks) escapes while Blackie (Chester Morris) is putting on a magic show for a men's prison, prompting Blackie to… More This twelfth entry in Columbia's "Boston Blackie" series is essentially a remake of 1942's Alias Boston Blackie. In the original, a falsely accused convict (Larry Parks) escapes while Blackie (Chester Morris) is putting on a magic show for a men's prison, prompting Blackie to stop the escapee before he can kill the man who framed him. In the remake, Blackie stages yet another magic act, this time at a woman's prison. Sure enough, a female inmate (Constance Dowling) escapes, determined to wreak vengeance on the man who done her wrong. Implicated in the escape, Blackie manages to clear himself and to extract a recorded confession from the actual killer. In both the original and the remake, Chester Morris is given ample opportunity to show off his considerable skills as a magician. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- D. Ross Lederman
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 12, 1946 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The inferior 12th entry in the entertaining lightweight Boston Blackie formulaic crime drama series.
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Cast
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Chester Morris
as Boston Blackie
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Trudy Marshall
as Irene
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Constance Dowling
as Dinah Moran
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Richard Lane
as Inspector Farrady
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George E. Stone
as The Runt
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Frank Sully
as Sgt. Matthews
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Warren Ashe
as Lampau Jani
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Selmar Jackson
as Warden Lund
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Eddie Dunn
as Peterson
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Eddie Fetherstone
as Reporter
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Fred Graff
as Clerk
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Ted Hecht
as Harry Burton
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Frank O'Connor
as Cab Driver
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Brian O'Hara
as Cop
