A Close Call for Boston Blackie
BLACKIE TRIPS A BLONDE .... To Trap a Killer!
1946 · 1h · Approved
Crime, Mystery
Directed by
Lew Landers
Overview
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 and cast
- Lew Landers Director
- 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 (uncredited)
- Russell Hicks as Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
- Charles Lane as Hack Hagen (uncredited)
- Erik Rolf as Smiley Slade (uncredited)
- John Tyrrell Cast
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