Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a Christmas magic show.Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a Christmas magic show.Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a Christmas magic show.
Ernie Adams
- Pop - Stage Doorman
- (uncredited)
Lloyd Bridges
- Bus Driver
- (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
- Police Dispatcher Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Jerome de Nuccio
- Strong Man in Show Troupe
- (uncredited)
Harry Depp
- Mr. Jones - Hotel Desk Clerk
- (uncredited)
Mike Donovan
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
- Henry - Desk Clerk
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThird of 14 "Boston Blackie" films released by Columbia starring Chester Morris between 1941 and 1949.
- GoofsTrilby sneaks out of the back of a moving ambulance, but when it arrives at the hospital, the doors are closed again. They should have remained open, as there was no way he could have shut them once he left the vehicle.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)
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How is Blackie going to get out of this one?
It's Christmas at the Boston Blackie household, which means that Blackie is trimming the tree and the Runt is telling him that Christmas trees are bad luck. Will a Christmas mystery ensue? Well, a mystery there is, but oddly little time is devoted to the season aside from that opening and then a bit at the end.
Blackie rounds up a gang of theatrical friends, including Adele Mara as Eve, and buses them out to the prison for a Christmas show for the inmates. Eve's brother Joe (Larry Parks) is an inmate who is hot for revenge on two hoods who lined him up for this prison stretch; during the show, Joe steals a costume/disguise from one of the entertainers and escapes with the troupe on their way out. It isn't long before one of said hoods turns up murdered, and our old friend Inspector Farraday seems to have Blackie dead to rights for aiding in the escape, the murder, or both.
Less comic relief than expected in this one, though the banter between Blackie and Farraday is, as always, crisp and catchy. Chester Morris and Richard Lane both look very confident in their third film in the roles.
Blackie rounds up a gang of theatrical friends, including Adele Mara as Eve, and buses them out to the prison for a Christmas show for the inmates. Eve's brother Joe (Larry Parks) is an inmate who is hot for revenge on two hoods who lined him up for this prison stretch; during the show, Joe steals a costume/disguise from one of the entertainers and escapes with the troupe on their way out. It isn't long before one of said hoods turns up murdered, and our old friend Inspector Farraday seems to have Blackie dead to rights for aiding in the escape, the murder, or both.
Less comic relief than expected in this one, though the banter between Blackie and Farraday is, as always, crisp and catchy. Chester Morris and Richard Lane both look very confident in their third film in the roles.
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- csteidler
- Aug 28, 2011
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- Псевдоним Бостонский Блэки
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- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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