Alias Boston Blackie (1942)

Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a Christmas magic show.

Director:

Lew Landers

Writers:

Paul Yawitz (original screenplay), Jack Boyle (based on a character created by)

Stars:

Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Chester Morris	...	Boston Blackie
Adele Mara	...	Eve Sanders
Richard Lane	...	Inspector Farraday
George E. Stone	...	The Runt
Lloyd Corrigan	...	Arthur Manleder
Walter Sande	...	Detective Mathews
Larry Parks	...	Joe Trilby
George McKay	...	Roggi McKay
Cy Kendall	...	Jumbo Madigan
Paul Fix	...	Steve Caveroni
Ben Taggart	...	Warden

Storyline

Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a Christmas magic show.

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Plot Keywords:

christmas | prison escape | impersonation | bound and gagged | manhattan new york city | 

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Taglines:

Blackie's got an eye-full of alibi... but cops don't believe in looks!

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 April 1942 (USA)

Also Known As:

Vingança Frustrada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

67 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Towards the end of the film, the action takes place at the "Jane Drake Theatre," where "Jane Drake" is appearing a play called "Bedtime Story," written by "Lucius Drake". These characters, the play and the theatre are all left over from Bedtime Story, also produced by Columbia Pictures a few months earlier, starring Loretta Young and Fredric March in the Drake roles.

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Connections

Followed by The Phantom Thief (1946)

User Reviews

Christmas Blackie

Alias Boston Blackie (1942)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Third film in Columbia's Boston Blackie series has Blackie (Chester Morris) tracking down a prison escapee who escaped during one of Blackie's shows. Lew Landers (The Raven) returns to direct this entry and like the previous film in the series, this one here moves at a very fast pace but for some reason most of the comedy is left out of this film. The mystery isn't all that compelling either, although the first half of the film works the best with the second half losing some of its fire. Morris is really good here as he seems to really have the role down to ease.