Sleuth Blackie is framed for murder but manages to catch the culprit.Sleuth Blackie is framed for murder but manages to catch the culprit.Sleuth Blackie is framed for murder but manages to catch the culprit.
Kathryn Card
- Landlady
- (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
- Mamie Kirwin
- (uncredited)
Jack Gordon
- Cab Driver
- (uncredited)
Russell Hicks
- Harcourt
- (uncredited)
Doris Houck
- Josie
- (uncredited)
Charles Lane
- Hack Hagen
- (uncredited)
George Lloyd
- Janitor
- (uncredited)
Brian O'Hara
- Dubious Cab Driver
- (uncredited)
Wanda Perry
- Tenant in Hallway
- (uncredited)
Mark Roberts
- John Peyton
- (uncredited)
Erik Rolf
- Smiley Slade
- (uncredited)
Victor Travis
- Tenant in Hallway
- (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe 10th of 14 "Boston Blackie" films starring Chester Morris released by Columbia Pictures from 1941 to 1949.
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Phantom Thief (1946)
Featured review
Enjoyable and fun but to me, confusing
I didn't really catch the plot of this film very well as it went by, and I really hope to see it again, because I enjoyed it very much. Boston Blackie films are fairly fast paced comedies of error rolled up inside the usual amateur sleuth beats out the dumb police B movie staple fodder. These are light hearted films, and they're made for simple enjoyment.
Beautiful blonde Gerry Payton is rescued by Boston Blackie as she is apparently about to be abducted by some thugs who are trying to drag her into their car. She asks him for help, and of course, he can't refuse such a gorgeous woman.
There is a complex plot which I didn't follow and to heck with it. But, the babe is a crook, and her boyfriend is a crook, and half of the cast are crooks, and everyone but the cops are out to convince the cops that Boston Blackie is a murderer,and the cops didn't need convincing in the first place, so Boston Blackie is sunk and there is no way out for him.
And part of the plot is that the criminals have made up a fictional baby boy, and have somehow managed to convince the grandfather of the non-existent baby boy that he should buy the boy from them for a large amount of money. Also, for some other unknown reason, they have actually managed to obtain a real baby boy, whom they are making no attempt to disguise as the fake Payton scion, since there is no one of any importance to them to see it, but nevertheless they are taking great pains to maintain this useless fiction.
Can Boston Blackie and his partner The Runt figure out the plot, clear Blackie's name, rescue the child and put the criminals into the hands of the incompetent police?
Well, maybe.
Beautiful blonde Gerry Payton is rescued by Boston Blackie as she is apparently about to be abducted by some thugs who are trying to drag her into their car. She asks him for help, and of course, he can't refuse such a gorgeous woman.
There is a complex plot which I didn't follow and to heck with it. But, the babe is a crook, and her boyfriend is a crook, and half of the cast are crooks, and everyone but the cops are out to convince the cops that Boston Blackie is a murderer,and the cops didn't need convincing in the first place, so Boston Blackie is sunk and there is no way out for him.
And part of the plot is that the criminals have made up a fictional baby boy, and have somehow managed to convince the grandfather of the non-existent baby boy that he should buy the boy from them for a large amount of money. Also, for some other unknown reason, they have actually managed to obtain a real baby boy, whom they are making no attempt to disguise as the fake Payton scion, since there is no one of any importance to them to see it, but nevertheless they are taking great pains to maintain this useless fiction.
Can Boston Blackie and his partner The Runt figure out the plot, clear Blackie's name, rescue the child and put the criminals into the hands of the incompetent police?
Well, maybe.
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- Lady of Mystery
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- Runtime1 hour
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- 1.37 : 1
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