Now, before we get into the important info of how you can watch 'A Close Call for Boston Blackie' right now, here are some helpful info about the Columbia Pictures crime flick. A Close Call for Boston Blackie starring Chester Morris, Lynn Merrick, Richard Lane, Frank Sully has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 1 hr. The release date of the movie is January 24th, 1946. The movie received a user score of 49/100 on TMDb, which comes from reviews from 7 registered users.
Need a quick rundown of the movie? Here's the plot: "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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Jack Boyle's stories first appeared in the early 20th Century. "The Price of Principle" was a short story in the July 1914 issue of The American Magazine. Boyle's character also turned up in Cosmopolitan. In 1917, Redbook published the novelette "Boston Blackie’s Mary," and the magazine brought the character back with "The Heart of the Lily" (February, 1921). Boyle's stories were collected in the book Boston Blackie (1919), which was reprinted in 1979 by Gregg Press. Boyle died in 1928. [edit]Films The earliest film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Columbia Pictures revived the property in 1941 with Meet Boston Blackie, a fast, 58-minute "B" feature starring Chester Morris. Although the running time was brief, Columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director (Robert Florey). The film was successful, and a series followed.
