***SPOILERS*** Reformed thief and armature magician Heratio Black better known as Boston Blackie, Chester Morris, is unwittingly used by woman bank robber Dinah Mason,Constance Dowling, to help her escape from woman's prison during a Thanksgiving Night magic show he was preforming at. Suspected of being Dinah's accomplice Blackie escapes from police custody and is now together with his sidekick "The Runt", George E. Stone, determined to both prove his innocence and help capture the on the lamb Dinah.
As it turns out Dinah was left holding the bag as her partner in the robbery John Lampau, Warren Ashe, a professional and famous magician turned evidence on her and ended up with the stolen 100 G's from the bank robbery that the two pulled off that she was serving time for. It's now up to Blackie to find Lampau who's now using the name the "Great Jani" whom he's positive that Dinah is out looking for in paying him back for double crossing her as well as getting her hands of the hot cash.
***MAJOR SPOILER*** As we and Blackie soon find out Lampau is engaged to his now partner in his magic act Irene, Trudy Marshall, whom like himself has a checkered past. And as it turns out that Irene not Dinah is the one who's calling the shots in the movie from behind the scenes. As for love the only thing that Irene is in love with is not her husband to be John Lampau but the 100 G's he's got stashed away.
Blackie is on his way to cracking the case but he needs "The Runt" to run interference for him as well as the very incompetent police Inspt. Fararady & the bumbling Sgt. Matthew, Michael Lane Frank Sally, to help him solve it. Not in that the two cop actually did but through their total incompetency as crime fighters ended up letting Blackie always get away from them whenever he was in their custody. By that he had the time to solve the case by them unwittingly helping him do it!
As it turns out Dinah was left holding the bag as her partner in the robbery John Lampau, Warren Ashe, a professional and famous magician turned evidence on her and ended up with the stolen 100 G's from the bank robbery that the two pulled off that she was serving time for. It's now up to Blackie to find Lampau who's now using the name the "Great Jani" whom he's positive that Dinah is out looking for in paying him back for double crossing her as well as getting her hands of the hot cash.
***MAJOR SPOILER*** As we and Blackie soon find out Lampau is engaged to his now partner in his magic act Irene, Trudy Marshall, whom like himself has a checkered past. And as it turns out that Irene not Dinah is the one who's calling the shots in the movie from behind the scenes. As for love the only thing that Irene is in love with is not her husband to be John Lampau but the 100 G's he's got stashed away.
Blackie is on his way to cracking the case but he needs "The Runt" to run interference for him as well as the very incompetent police Inspt. Fararady & the bumbling Sgt. Matthew, Michael Lane Frank Sally, to help him solve it. Not in that the two cop actually did but through their total incompetency as crime fighters ended up letting Blackie always get away from them whenever he was in their custody. By that he had the time to solve the case by them unwittingly helping him do it!