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2 April 1942 (USA) moreTagline:
Blackie's got an eye-full of alibi... but cops don't believe in looks!Plot:
Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a Christmas magic show. | full synopsisUser Comments:
Not very seasonal Christmas fare moreCast
(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 |
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Fun Stuff
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A nice entry in the series (3/14) set at Christmas time, with a frenetic and tortuously multi-layered chase sequence in the middle.
Again, Blackie is implicated in a crime even though innocent, ultimately resulting in Farraday assuming his guilt. Framed Larry Parks as con has broken out on a murderous revenge mission, dragging his demure sister (Adele Mara) plus Blackie, Runt and of course cops Farraday and Matthews all into the vortex. Some witty lines and situations later we have a dead body in a hotel room to mull over - a corpse that is rather recklessly treated throughout! The dreamy looking sister proves of use to Blackie, crime-solving-wise, and is more than wallpaper in here. The character Jumbo Madigan makes his first lugubrious appearance as the know-it-all fence.
As with a lot of the Morris Blackies, I sometimes wish they could have been even only 5 minutes longer, it's all taken at such a breakneck speed that it can leave you as bit puzzled at times working it all out. But I love it!