A Close Call for Boston Blackie
- January 24, 1946 (1946-01-24)
A Close Call for Boston Blackie is a 1946 American crime film directed by Lew Landers. It is the tenth of fourteen Columbia Pictures films starring Chester Morris as Boston Blackie.
Plot
Ignoring Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane)'s friendly advice to stop helping women, Boston Blackie goes to the rescue of a female being attacked by two men. She turns out to be Geraldine "Gerry" Peyton (Lynn Merrick), an old flame of his. She begs him to help protect her baby from her husband John (an uncredited Mark Roberts), who has just been paroled.
When John finds them together, he assumes the child is Blackie's and pulls out a gun. A fight breaks out, during which an unseen third party shoots John. Acting on an anonymous tip, Farraday arrives soon after and assumes Blackie is responsible for the dead body. Blackie has his sidekick, "the Runt" (George E. Stone), hide the baby at the apartment of the latter's girlfriend, Mamie Carleton (an unbilled Claire Carleton).
Blackie escapes from dimwitted Sergeant Matthews (Frank Sully). An investigation soon arouses his suspicions. It turns out that Gerry and Smiley Slade are trying to swindle her wealthy father-in-law, Cyrus Peyton. The child is actually her brother Hack Hagen's (an unbilled Charles Lane). They framed Blackie in order to get rid of John. When Hagen tries to back out, worried that he will not get his son back, Smiley guns him down.
Disguised as Cyrus, Blackie goes to see the pair. He manages to overcome Smiley, only to have Farraday break in, arrest him, and let Gerry and Smiley go free. However, it is all a joke on Blackie. For once, Farraday has figured out who the real crooks are; when Blackie goes downstairs, he sees the pair in handcuffs.
Cast
- Chester Morris as Boston Blackie
- Lynn Merrick as Geraldine "Gerry" Peyton
- Richard Lane as Inspector Farraday
- Frank Sully as Sergeant Matthews
- George E. Stone as "The Runt"
References
External links
- A Close Call for Boston Blackie at IMDb
- A Close Call for Boston Blackie at the TCM Movie Database
- A Close Call for Boston Blackie at AllMovie
- A Close Call for Boston Blackie at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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- The Face in the Fog (1922)
- Boston Blackie (1923)
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- Chester Morris as Boston Blackie
- George E. Stone as the "Runt"
- Richard Lane as Inspector Faraday
- Lloyd Corrigan as Arthur Manleder