Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
** (out of 4)
Twelfth film in Columbia's Boston Blackie series is pretty much a remake of the third film Alias Boston Blackie. Blackie (Chester Morris) is putting on a magic show at a prison when a female inmate escapes. Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) thinks Blackie had a hand in the escape but there's a lot more going on. This is the least interesting of the seven or so films I've seen from the series. This same story was done in the third film, although in that movie it was a man who escaped. This film here is really dry on any laughs and the supporting players aren't up to the usual standard. Even Morris and Lane seem a tad bit uninterested here.
** (out of 4)
Twelfth film in Columbia's Boston Blackie series is pretty much a remake of the third film Alias Boston Blackie. Blackie (Chester Morris) is putting on a magic show at a prison when a female inmate escapes. Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) thinks Blackie had a hand in the escape but there's a lot more going on. This is the least interesting of the seven or so films I've seen from the series. This same story was done in the third film, although in that movie it was a man who escaped. This film here is really dry on any laughs and the supporting players aren't up to the usual standard. Even Morris and Lane seem a tad bit uninterested here.