Alias Boston Blackie (1942)

Directed by

Lew Landers

Genre

Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 07m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former crook named Boston Blackie is wrongly accused of helping a prisoner escape. He must clear his name while getting into humorous scrapes.

lightheartedsuspensefulfast-pacedplayfulwhimsicalholiday-spiritedold-fashioned

What happens

Alias Boston Blackie is a 1942 American crime film directed by Lew Landers. It is the third in a series of fourteen Columbia Pictures "B" movies starring Chester Morris as Boston Blackie. It was preceded by Meet Boston Blackie and Confessions of Boston Blackie and followed by Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood. Once again, Blackie is suspected of committing a crime, in this instance of helping a prisoner escape. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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