Sleuth Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) helps a wartime convict (Erik Rolf) who was framed for a murder while out on parole.Sleuth Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) helps a wartime convict (Erik Rolf) who was framed for a murder while out on parole.Sleuth Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) helps a wartime convict (Erik Rolf) who was framed for a murder while out on parole.
Richard Alexander
- Carpet Man
- (uncredited)
Murray Alper
- Convict
- (uncredited)
George Anderson
- Warden J.A. Edwards
- (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
- Woman in Hallway
- (uncredited)
Trevor Bardette
- Manny Vogel
- (uncredited)
Eddie Bruce
- Sandy - Reporter
- (uncredited)
Sally Cairns
- Richie Adair
- (uncredited)
Jack Carr
- Carpet Man
- (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
- Frank - Policeman
- (uncredited)
James Conaty
- Parole Board Member
- (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
- Police Desk Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Royal Dano
- Convict
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaDirector William Castle tells in his autobiography that this, his first full-length feature, was a public disaster upon its release. Critics destroyed the film. He was afraid of Harry Cohn's wrath because of this failure but on the contrary, King Cohn asked him to proceed and not pay attention to the critics.
- GoofsWhen Blackie led the surprise in his apartment on Nails he grab the gun from Nails. Blackie, pointing the gun, held the gun with his finger on the trigger. Anyone familiar with guns knows that you would not do that. The trigger finger would be on the side of the gun, not on the trigger...safety.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2007)
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News Headlines: " Boston Blackie Loots Police Safe!"
This Blackie entry is more of a flag waver than the previous five, but it's ingenious for all that. Blackie gets the conditional parole and release of chosen prisoners for them to help the War effort by labouring in one of Arthur's factories. They have to be good, but as usual there is one black sheep - who gets immediately mixed up in a shooting over a stolen USD 60,000 stash. Blackie himself takes the blame for to divert Farraday away from spoiling his pet project. And so begins another chase: Inspector Farraday and Sergeant Matthews after Boston Blackie and the Runt after Nails Blanton (the real baddie, not Blackie's man).
Jumbo Madigan plays a pivotal role in this outing so pay attention! The scenes with the two elderly and gentle female Municipal Cleaning Technicians was a farcical intrusion worthy of Monogram, but they had to get in to the police station to get back the stolen money as bait for Nails. The bit where Blackie and the Runt escape from a locked and door-less apartment leaving his 11 men and Arthur behind is delicious. The print quality is pretty awful in places, someone at the TV station in the 50's was scissor-happy.
But overall, slightly different and worthwhile.
Jumbo Madigan plays a pivotal role in this outing so pay attention! The scenes with the two elderly and gentle female Municipal Cleaning Technicians was a farcical intrusion worthy of Monogram, but they had to get in to the police station to get back the stolen money as bait for Nails. The bit where Blackie and the Runt escape from a locked and door-less apartment leaving his 11 men and Arthur behind is delicious. The print quality is pretty awful in places, someone at the TV station in the 50's was scissor-happy.
But overall, slightly different and worthwhile.
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- Spondonman
- Jun 11, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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