Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.
Jessie Arnold
- Prisoner
- (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
- Mephistopheles the Great
- (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
- Detective Callahan
- (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
- Patrolman Peterson
- (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
- Bank Guard
- (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
- Reporter Jackson
- (uncredited)
Fred Fox
- Stage Doorman
- (uncredited)
Fred Graff
- Clerk
- (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
- Prison Guard Operating Siren
- (uncredited)
Lew Harvey
- Stagehand
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn his book "The Detective in Hollywood" Jon Tuska cites director Edward Dmytryk as reminiscing that actor Chester Morris loved doing magician's card tricks on set during the Boston Blackie pictures.
- GoofsAfter Boston Blackie and his magic box are taken to Inspector Farraday's office, Blackie insults the inspector by describing his hat as cheap. The inspector throws his white hat towards a coat tree that has several coats and a black hat already hanging on it. Blackie then hides from Sergeant Matthews in the box, and slips away from police headquarters. While Matthews dismantles the box with a fire ax, Farraday re-enters the room but the coat tree now has no hats and only one coat hanging on it.
- Quotes
Insp. John Farraday: What have you got in that quonset hut?
- ConnectionsFollowed by Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)
Featured review
Despite the plot stolen from former Blackie film, it's a satisfying entry...
If the story has a familiar ring, it's because it's based on a former film called ALIAS BOSTON BLACKIE in which Larry Parks is a convict on the lam after a magic show at prison.
This time the convict is a woman who disappears during Blackie's magic act (CONSTANCE DOWLING), but the plot is basically the same.
Unfortunately, the story gets off to a bad start with an attempt at humor that backfires as Blackie shows off his "magic" prowess to Inspector Farraday (RICHARD LANE) and his bumbling assistant. It goes on for fifteen minutes with meager results.
With Blackie impersonating Jani, a magician, the plot takes a turn when the real Jani is murdered. TRUDY MARSHALL plays the magician's wife effectively and is part of the final plot twist.
It's strictly formula stuff, but Blackie fans will probably recall that the story was done in a more clever way originally.
This time the convict is a woman who disappears during Blackie's magic act (CONSTANCE DOWLING), but the plot is basically the same.
Unfortunately, the story gets off to a bad start with an attempt at humor that backfires as Blackie shows off his "magic" prowess to Inspector Farraday (RICHARD LANE) and his bumbling assistant. It goes on for fifteen minutes with meager results.
With Blackie impersonating Jani, a magician, the plot takes a turn when the real Jani is murdered. TRUDY MARSHALL plays the magician's wife effectively and is part of the final plot twist.
It's strictly formula stuff, but Blackie fans will probably recall that the story was done in a more clever way originally.
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- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Boston Blackie and the Law (1946) officially released in Canada in English?
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