Excon turned sleuth boston blackie makes his feature film debut in this fastpaced, funny mystery, the first of a longrunning series. With kent taylor, lois collier, frank orth, bill catching. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. Boston blackie collection 1 june 1944 through april 1947 in the internet. Blackie goes after a gang that used a bazooka to rob an armored car, and then killed a cop who was a friend of blackie s during the getaway.
Blackie changed his ways and became a private investigator though the local police still suspected him of being a bad guy. Stay in touch with boston blackie next episode air date and your favorite tv shows. The boston blackie franchise began with author jack boyles first story about his modern robin hoodlike character, horatio black, known to friend and foe as boston blackie. After a car chase the robber gets away, leaving the taxi driver with a bullet in his arm. Boston blackie is a great way to spend an evening in the theater of the mind. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. Boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. Lloyd corrigan as blackies rich friend arthur has amusing difficulties with a pair of handcuffs. The character was altered for a later series of popular films and radio. Of course, the inspector immediately suspects blackie of being involved. A man fell from a roller coaster and blackies sure it was no accident. Alan james, ray taylor chapter toll of the torrent. It was about a former crook who used his knowledge of crime and criminal minds to solve the cases that the cops werent able to crack. Morris is the title character, a reformed career criminal who arrives back in the us via steamer only to find himself under suspicion from his friendly nemesis, inspector.
Joan woodbury has a juicy minor role as a woman from blackies past an episode whose details are delightfully vague who has a ball trashing blackies living room while george stone as the runt watches helplessly. Boston blackie, in the 11th film of the columbia series, indulges in some wit trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and. Boston blackies restaurant was a bar and grill with locations in chicago and deerfield, illinois. The videos in my playlists are uploaded by many wonderful people who take a lot of time and effort to make these videos available for us to enjoy. A new incarnation of the boston blackie radio series aired april 11, 1945. Boston blackie is the novelization of a group of pulp short stories by.
Overview of a close call for boston blackie, 1946, directed by lew landers, with chester morris, lynn merrick, richard lane, at turner classic movies. In while the boston blackie series of films were still giving an extra fillip. At the time, jack boyle was an upandcoming reporter in san francisco, still more than a decade away from creating his infamous ebonyeyed safecracker of new england heritage, and yet boston blackie lay dying in a michigan saloon. This site may not work well with older web browsers. Boston blackie is a fictional character who has been on both sides of the law. She disappears after he draws the curtain, but as a former magicians assistant, uses the opportunity to escape. Blackie, who was created by novelist jack boyle, was originally a jewel thief, safe cracker, and confidence man. Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. Your tv show guide to countdown boston blackie season 1 air dates. A former safecracker and confidence man, blackie eventually reformed and became an enemy to those who make him an enemy, a friend to those who have no friend. Find boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr at amazon.
Boston blackie, as written by jack boyle, is an unrepentant criminal who lives by a strict honor among thieves moral code. Boston blackie s restaurant was a bar and grill with locations in chicago and deerfield, illinois. Boston blackie gang murder season 1, episode 10 by yourtvsite. Meet boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Get more information about boston blackie season 1 on tmdb. Boston blackie killed was the proclamation in the march 29, 1900 edition of the saint paul globe. The series evolves blackie from a thief and underworld criminal into a new character that turns out to be very interesting and entertaining.
Not very true to life, but alot of great entertainment isnt. Confessions of boston blackie is a 1941 american crime film directed by edward dmytryk and starring chester morris and harriet hilliard. Richard lane, who plays bostons longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881. Kent taylor boston blackie, frank orth inspector faraday, lois collier mary wesley, clark howat skip clark, william bakewell lang, peter mamakos hayes, tracey roberts louella,lee van cleff captain jansen, hugh sanders george mittner, troy melton and bill catching. A man fell from a roller coaster and blackie s sure it was no accident. Boston blackie millicent bromley, kidnapped april 22, 1947 by a room with a view. Now it is blackies job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.
Old time radio shows download for free at zoot radio. A close call for boston blackie 1946 is the tenth of fourteen columbia pictures crime films starring chester morris as boston blackie. Chester morris usually played a hardboiled tough guy whether he was portraying an actual criminal or just a remorseless cheating husband as he was in the divorcee. Plus, given the lack of availability of the blackie films, its great to actually see boston blackie in any format.
In terms of copyright, all 26 season 1 episodes were renewed, but all 32 season 2 episodes including this one are in the public domain. For us airdates of foreign shows, click through to the futon critic. The yarn begins when blackie finds a corpse in his cabin. This is a typical line from columbia pictures 1941 detective comedythriller, meet boston blackie. Cast chester morris as boston blackie lynn merrick as geraldine gerry peyton richard lane as inspector farraday frank sully as sergeant matthews george e. As originally created by author jack boyle, he was a safecracker a hardened criminal who had served time in a california prison. Now it is blackie s job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.
The ultimate boston blackie log by charles laughlin, arlene osborne and al hubin updated 11252003 boston blackie, enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend. The boston blackie tv show was a 30 minute crime drama series that aired in syndication. It was only later, in film, radio, and eventually television, that he morphed into a private eye. Sound quality is very good for the age of the recordings. Boston blackie, played by kent taylor on television, was originally the hero of more than a dozen 1940s b movies, and the lead protagonist in this memorable tv show that aired in syndication.
Boston blackie, in the 11th film of the columbia series, indulges in some wittrading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and. I cannot say blackie is a robin hood simply because his motivations for stealing are selfish either. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. Boston blackie, also traveling on the train, attempts to solve the mystery. Lloyd corrigan as blackie s rich friend arthur has amusing difficulties with a pair of handcuffs. Blackie s clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Reformed thief blackie chester morris solves the case of a womans harriet hilliard missing statue of augustus caesar. Boston blackie created by jack boyle 18811928 enemy to those who make him an enemy. Boston blackie had a limited cast of regular characters. Overview full credits full synopsis notes music screenplay info original print info genre keywords. Watch all 26 boston blackie episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more.
Watch boston blackie episodes online season 1 tv guide. Thats the case with this particular episode of boston blackie. Joan woodbury has a juicy minor role as a woman from blackie s past an episode whose details are delightfully vague who has a ball trashing blackie s living room while george stone as the runt watches helplessly. There is the goofy side kick, the lovely girlfriend, and the suspicious inspector. The only clue he has is that the the money was scorched by the bazookas blast. The taxi driver is an exconvict, who blackie once sent to jail. Boston blackie and the law is the twelfth of fourteen columbia pictures films starring chester morris as reformed crook boston blackie. Ziv producer maurice unger aka babe unger us crime adventure series 195153 58 episodes x 30 min 26bw 32 color starring. The movie database tmdb is a popular, user editable database for movies and tv shows. Boston blackie is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. It is an excellent name for a bad guy turned good guy.
A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series boston blackie. A woman consigns a family heirloom to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to help her sick brother. One of the earliest appearances of boston blackie, as created by jack boyle, was in. Prowling the underworld as a detective in adaptations for films, radio, and television, the detective boston blackie was an enemy to. Kent taylor boston blackie, lois collier mary wesley, frank orth. Chester morris boston blackie classic movies youtube. After listening to the oldtime radio adventures of boston blackie, and being a fan of the old pulps, i decided to give the source material a read. In a 1967 episode of bewitched samanthas thanksgiving to remember, season 4, episode 12, boston blackie is mentioned in fond remembrance by aunt clara marion lorne, who confuses him as attending the first thanksgiving with famous pilgrims. Boston blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. The complete boston blackie in search of jack boyle. He was also blackies accomplice and foil when trying to get around gthe police. The falcon mystery movie collection, volume 1 3 discs by. I actually like some of the later boston blackie films better than this one, but it is a good enough opener to the series.
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