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ACTOR
Chester MorrisLynn MerrickRichard LaneFrank Sully
DIRECTOR
Lew Landers
SYNOPSICS
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) is a English movie. Lew Landers has directed this movie. Chester Morris,Lynn Merrick,Richard Lane,Frank Sully are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1946. A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) is considered one of the best Crime,Drama,Mystery movie in India and around the world.
Sleuth Blackie is framed for murder but manages to catch the culprit.
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A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) Reviews
Enjoyable Blackie entry with ample laughs, no big surprises
Blackie and the Runt rescue a woman (Lynn Merrick) who's been attacked in the street right in front of their building. They carry in the unconscious woman, who is quickly identified as Gerry Peyton, one of Blackie's old flames. Nothing much new so far, but when they open the bedroom door we see the main twist that this series entry has to offer: a baby! Rather quickly, the rest of the plot is set into motion—Gerry's husband, a gunshot from around the corner of a doorway, some doubts about the identity of the baby and the honesty of Gerry. (Honestly, it's funny that Blackie and the Runt aren't suspicious of Lynn Merrick right away, since she just played a character pulling a similar deception on them in Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion!) If you're familiar with the Boston Blackie series, you'll easily guess who is accused of the first murder and also who does the accusing. Yes, Inspector Farraday is—as always—shocked that Blackie has stooped to murder, but after all, Blackie did have a good motive and was caught with the body in his apartment. He must be guilty! Blackie and the Runt, Farraday and his sidekick Matthews are all in good form. The story's nothing special but it moves fast. Blackie once again disguises himself as an old man and in a nice touch, Matthews turns up in the same disguise! (Blackie and Farraday had the same idea, it seems.) Easygoing fun that's all wrapped up in exactly an hour.
Enjoyable and fun but to me, confusing
I didn't really catch the plot of this film very well as it went by, and I really hope to see it again, because I enjoyed it very much. Boston Blackie films are fairly fast paced comedies of error rolled up inside the usual amateur sleuth beats out the dumb police B movie staple fodder. These are light hearted films, and they're made for simple enjoyment. Beautiful blonde Gerry Payton is rescued by Boston Blackie as she is apparently about to be abducted by some thugs who are trying to drag her into their car. She asks him for help, and of course, he can't refuse such a gorgeous woman. There is a complex plot which I didn't follow and to heck with it. But, the babe is a crook, and her boyfriend is a crook, and half of the cast are crooks, and everyone but the cops are out to convince the cops that Boston Blackie is a murderer,and the cops didn't need convincing in the first place, so Boston Blackie is sunk and there is no way out for him. And part of the plot is that the criminals have made up a fictional baby boy, and have somehow managed to convince the grandfather of the non-existent baby boy that he should buy the boy from them for a large amount of money. Also, for some other unknown reason, they have actually managed to obtain a real baby boy, whom they are making no attempt to disguise as the fake Payton scion, since there is no one of any importance to them to see it, but nevertheless they are taking great pains to maintain this useless fiction. Can Boston Blackie and his partner The Runt figure out the plot, clear Blackie's name, rescue the child and put the criminals into the hands of the incompetent police? Well, maybe.
Fluffy Entry in the Boston Blackie Series
Boston Blackie is led astray by a dame. The dame in this case being an ex-girlfriend of his played by beautiful Lynn Merrick. There's a baby, an extortion plot, and the inevitable murder charge for Blackie. One of these days Inspector Farraday might get the right suspect if he actually stopped to consider someone, ANYONE, besides Blackie! An enjoyable entry in the Boston Blackie series with lots of comedy. Blackie once again disguises himself as an old man. At least he doesn't wear blackface this time. Chester Morris, Richard Lane, and George E. Stone are all good as usual. Claire Carleton is fun as Runt's girlfriend Mamie. The baby is cute. Certainly not the best Boston Blackie movie but hard to dislike.
Enjoyable
Close Call for Boston Blackie, A (1946) *** (out of 4) Lew Landers (The Raven) directs this tenth entry in Columbia's popular series. This time out Blackie (Chester Morris) runs into a woman he formally loved who know 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 so he must set out to prove his innocence as well as capture the real killers. This one here is a step up from the previous film because they changed the mode quite a bit. For starters, the plot is a lot more difficult to figure out and is a lot more challenging for the viewing. Another added bonus is that Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) and Sergeant Matthews (Frank Sully) play a bigger part of the mystery and they aren't just here for laughs, although they still have a lot of funny moments. Another added bonus is the baby itself, which leads to several cute scenes with Blackie, the police and The Runt. All the cast members are once again at full force with Morris being as delightful as ever.
Blackie "disguised" as an old man and Runt in "drag" - not again!
This Blackie entry has a more complicated plot to it, but essentially it's the same formula as before: Blackie accused of a crime he didn't commit, Inspector Farraday after him while Blackie's after the real baddies. The two main baddies in Close Call are Lynn Merrick (baddy from Booked on Suspicion) and Erik Rolf (baddy turned goody from Chance of a Lifetime), involved in a murky and murderous extortion racket. Suffice to say, there's a "kidnapped" baby involved too, meaning some great lines from the cast as the baby keeps popping up in all hands except for the police's. Sgt. Matthews plays a larger comic role here, unfortunately bringing a larger slapstick element into the snappy dialogue between Blackie and Farraday. However - Matthews: "I'm all ears Chief", Farraday: "With nothing between" - sums up Frank Sully's performance well. At least Blackie didn't feel it necessary to don black-face in this outing just his usual old man disguise (5th time) which was a blessed relief! *** Cute baby, orphaned pointlessly. ***