Boston Blackie and the Law
A WOMAN WHO WORKED AT MURDER!
1946 | 69m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | D. Ross Lederman |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Harry Essex |
| Staring: |
| Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 12, 1946 |
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| Director: | D. Ross Lederman |
| Writer: | Harry Essex |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | boston blackie |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 29, 2024 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Chester Morris | Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black |
| Trudy Marshall | Irene |
| Constance Dowling | Dinah Moran |
| Richard Lane | Inspector Farraday |
| George E. Stone | The Runt |
| Frank Sully | Sgt. Matthews |
| Warren Ashe | John Lampau, alias John Jani |
| Selmer Jackson | Warden Lund |
| Wanda Perry | Secretary (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| D. Ross Lederman | Director |
| Malcolm Stuart Boylan | Additional Dialogue |
| Harry Essex | Screenplay |
| James Sweeney | Editor |
| George Meehan | Director of Photography |
| Mischa Bakaleinikoff | Music Director |
| Jack Boyle | Characters |
| Charles Clague | Art Direction |
| William F. Calvert | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ted Richmond | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Trending Position
The first twenty minutes or so of this are quite entertaining. Who knew that "Blackie" (Chester Morris) was a dab hand at magic tricks? Well he takes his cabinet to a women's prison where he asks inmate "Dinah" (Constance Dowling) to have a go. Next thing, sirens are going off and there's no trace. ... "Insp. Farraday" (Richard Lane) and sidekick "Matthews" (Frank Sully) drag him in for questioning and we have some playful mischief around this magical device before, well it's soon not much use for anything but bonfire fodder. Meantime, there's a standard who robbed who and wants their share revenge drama bubbling away that sees the scheming "Irene" (Trudy Marshall) playing a shrewd game to secure the loot. It's quite quickly paced and there's some fun to be had - usually at the expense of the police and some singeing of $1,000 bills - before the ending that isn't quite what you might have been expecting. This is quite an amiable outing for "Blackie" with some comedy, spatting and sleight of hand to keep in interesting.