

A Close Call for Boston Blackie
DirectorLew Landers
“BLACKIE TRIPS A BLONDE .... To Trap a Killer!”
Blackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets out of prison he's killed in Blackie's apartment and of course the police thing Blackie pulled the trigger. Blackie must set out to prove his innocence as well as capture the real killers.
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Cast

Chester Morris
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black / Cyrus Peyton

Lynn Merrick
Geraldine 'Gerry' Peyton

Richard Lane
Inspector Farraday

Frank Sully
Sgt. Matthews

George E. Stone
The Runt

Claire Carleton
Mamie Kirwin

Russell Hicks
Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)

Charles Lane
Hack Hagen (uncredited)

Erik Rolf
Smiley Slade (uncredited)

John Tyrrell
Policeman (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan
Coroner (uncredited)

Wanda Perry
Tenant in Hallway (uncredited)
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