Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)
- Starring:
- Chester Morris, Richard Lane, (more)
- Director(s):
- Edward Dmytryk
Synopsis of Confessions of Boston Blackie
Chester Morris makes his second screen appearance as crook-turned-detective Boston Blackie in this superior series entry. This time, Blackie gets into trouble when he attends an art auction with his millionaire pal Arthur Manleder (Lloyd Corrigan). It so happens that the auction gallery is run by thieves, which heroine Diane Parrish (Harriet Hilliard) has just discovered. To keep her quiet, head crook Joe Buchanan (Ralph Theodore) takes a shot at Diane, but though he only wounds her he kills sculptor Allison (Walter Soderling). Conclusion-jumping Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) assumes that Blackie fired the shot, forcing our hero to spend the rest of the film eluding both the police and the criminals. Highlights include a hilarious fit of rage perpetrated by secondary villainess Joan Woodbury, and an amusing if slightly sadistic running gag involving hapless ice-cream vendor Billy Benedict. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Confessions of Boston Blackie
- Chester Morris - Boston Blackie
- George E. Stone - The Runt
- Joan Woodbury - Mona
- Kenneth MacDonald - Caulder
- William Benedict - Ice cream man
- Jack Clifford - Motorcycle Cop
- Harry Bailey
- Lorna Dunn - Second Nurse
- Bill Lally - Sgt. Dennis
- Herbert Clifton - Albert the butler
- Al Hill - Police Desk Sgt.
- Eddie Fetherstone - Cabby
- Mike Pat Donovan - Cop
- Gwen Kenyon - Third Nurse
- Julius Tannen - Dr. Crane
- Ralph Theodore - Joe Buchanan
- Eddie Laughton - Express man
- Richard Lane - Inspector John Farraday
- Lloyd Corrigan - Arthur Manleder
- Walter Sande - Detective Matthews
- Walter Soderling - Eric Allison
- Eddie Kane - Auctioneer
- Stanley Brown - Intern
- Jessie Arnold - First Nurse
- Dorothy Curtis - Bidder
- Harry Hollingsworth - Plainclothesman
- Harriet Hilliard - Diane Parrish
- Budd Fine - Express Man's Helper
- Ralph Dunn - Officer McCarthy
- Harry Depp - Mr. Bigsby
- Martin Spellman - Jimmy Parrish
- Jack O'Malley - Taxi Driver
- Betty Mack - Bidder
- Director(s):
- Edward Dmytryk
- Writer(s):
- Paul Yawitz, Jack Boyle, Jay Dratler
- Producer(s):
- William A. Berke
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