Overview of a close call for boston blackie, 1946, directed by lew landers, with chester morris, lynn merrick, richard lane, at turner classic movies. The yarn begins when blackie finds a corpse in his cabin. Excon turned sleuth boston blackie makes his feature film debut in this fastpaced, funny mystery, the first of a longrunning series. Boston blackie is a great way to spend an evening in the theater of the mind. When boston blackie performs magic tricks at a thanksgiving day party for the inmates of a womens prison, dinah moran constance dowling volunteers to enter a booth.
Boston blackie, as written by jack boyle, is an unrepentant criminal who lives by a strict honor among thieves moral code. 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. Blackie changed his ways and became a private investigator though the local police still suspected him of being a bad guy. 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.
Not very true to life, but alot of great entertainment isnt. Richard lane, who plays bostons longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies. 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. 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. 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 terms of copyright, all 26 season 1 episodes were renewed, but all 32 season 2 episodes including this one are in the public domain. The boston blackie tv show was a 30 minute crime drama series that aired in syndication. Old time radio shows download for free at zoot radio. The falcon mystery movie collection, volume 1 3 discs by. Part of our over 12,000 show library of old time radio. This site may not work well with older web browsers.
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. 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. A man fell from a roller coaster and blackies sure it was no accident. A new incarnation of the boston blackie radio series aired april 11, 1945. Boston blackie chester morris is a former burglar who has left his criminal past behind him. Watch all 26 boston blackie episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. For us airdates of foreign shows, click through to the futon critic. Boston blackie, in the 11th film of the columbia series, indulges in some wittrading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and. This is a typical line from columbia pictures 1941 detective comedythriller, meet boston blackie. Blackie goes after a gang that used a bazooka to rob an armored car, and then killed a cop who was a friend of blackies during the getaway. Prowling the underworld as a detective in adaptations for films, radio, and television, the detective boston blackie was an enemy to. Blackie s clothes are stolen and a murder is committed.
Watch boston blackie episodes online season 1 tv guide. When a dead body is discovered in blackie s apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. Find boston blackie film collection 14 movies 7 dvdr at amazon. Get more information about boston blackie season 1 on tmdb. Blackie, who was created by novelist jack boyle, was originally a jewel thief, safe cracker, and confidence man. 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.
It is an excellent name for a bad guy turned good guy. Boston blackie gang murder season 1, episode 10 by yourtvsite. 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. Boston blackie is the novelization of a group of pulp short stories by. Boston blackie millicent bromley, kidnapped april 22, 1947 by a room with a view. He was also blackies accomplice and foil when trying to get around gthe police. With kent taylor, lois collier, frank orth, bill catching. Overview full credits full synopsis notes music screenplay info original print info genre keywords. Meet boston blackie by the radio ghost on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. 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. Boston blackie created by jack boyle 18811928 enemy to those who make him an enemy. The taxi driver is an exconvict, who blackie once sent to jail. Thats the case with this particular episode of boston blackie. 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 is a rather peculiar character to include in this site as he wasnt a p. Boston blackie private detective movies\tv show youtube. Of course, the inspector immediately suspects blackie of being involved. She disappears after he draws the curtain, but as a former magicians assistant, uses the opportunity to escape. Reformed thief blackie chester morris solves the case of a womans harriet hilliard missing statue of augustus caesar. I actually like some of the later boston blackie films better than this one, but it is a good enough opener to the series. Confessions of boston blackie is a 1941 american crime film directed by edward dmytryk and starring chester morris and harriet hilliard. The complete boston blackie in search of jack boyle. 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. It was only later, in film, radio, and eventually television, that he morphed into a private eye. Now it is blackies job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother. Chester morris boston blackie classic movies youtube. Boston blackies restaurant was a bar and grill with locations in chicago and deerfield, illinois. His character is largely made sympathetic by way of his love for mary, his wife, and his fondness for children.
The definitive boston blackie radio log with chester. The series evolves blackie from a thief and underworld criminal into a new character that turns out to be very interesting and entertaining. A guide listing the titles and air dates for episodes of the tv series boston blackie. Boston blackie killed was the proclamation in the march 29, 1900 edition of the saint paul globe. Boston blackie and the law is the twelfth of fourteen columbia pictures films starring chester morris as reformed crook boston blackie. Sound quality is very good for the age of the recordings. Stay in touch with boston blackie next episode air date and your favorite tv shows.
Alan james, ray taylor chapter toll of the torrent. One of the earliest appearances of boston blackie, as created by jack boyle, was in. There is the goofy side kick, the lovely girlfriend, and the suspicious inspector. Lloyd corrigan as blackie s rich friend arthur has amusing difficulties with a pair of handcuffs. Your tv show guide to countdown boston blackie season 1 air dates.
Boston blackie is a fictional character created by author jack boyle october 19, 1881. 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. Plus, given the lack of availability of the blackie films, its great to actually see boston blackie in any format. As originally created by author jack boyle, he was a safecracker a hardened criminal who had served time in a california prison. The character was altered for a later series of popular films and radio. After a car chase the robber gets away, leaving the taxi driver with a bullet in his arm. 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 blackie collection 1 june 1944 through april 1947 in the internet. 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. A close call for boston blackie 1946 is the tenth of fourteen columbia pictures crime films starring chester morris as boston blackie.
Boston blackie, also traveling on the train, attempts to solve the mystery. Now it is blackie s job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother. Ziv producer maurice unger aka babe unger us crime adventure series 195153 58 episodes x 30 min 26bw 32 color starring. The only clue he has is that the the money was scorched by the bazookas blast. Boston blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. 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. A woman consigns a family heirloom to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to help her sick brother. Lloyd corrigan as blackies rich friend arthur has amusing difficulties with a pair of handcuffs. When a dead body is discovered in blackies apartment, he immediately becomes the chief murder suspect. I cannot say blackie is a robin hood simply because his motivations for stealing are selfish either.
Boston blackie had a limited cast of regular characters. Cast chester morris as boston blackie lynn merrick as geraldine gerry peyton richard lane as inspector farraday frank sully as sergeant matthews george e. Blackies clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. In while the boston blackie series of films were still giving an extra fillip. Blackie believes the taxi driver now to be an honest man and doesnt think he is mixed up in the robbery. Richard lane, who plays boston s longsuffering inspector farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the boston blackie movies.
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