Trapped by Boston Blackie

Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)

Killing Low-Down on High Society!

Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.

Date of release
1948-05-13
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 7m
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Director
Seymour Friedman
Collection
Boston Blackie Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Trapped by Boston Blackie is a 1948 American crime drama directed by Seymour Friedman. It is the thirteenth of fourteen Columbia Pictures films starring Chester Morris as reformed crook Boston Blackie, and the final film with George E. Stone as his sidekick, "The Runt".

Production and reception

Columbia Pictures had been gradually curtailing its "B" film series; most of them ended in 1948 and 1949. Trade publisher Pete Harrison had already written off the Boston Blackie series, noting that "almost one and one-half years have gone by since the last Boston Blackie picture was made." Columbia often assigned first-time directors to one of its low-budget features, to monitor the new director's aptitude for staying on time and on budget.

Trapped by Boston Blackie, continuing in the same familiar pattern of the series, received encouraging notices. Showmen's Trade Review: "This is an entertaining entry in the Boston Blackie series, with Chester Morris and George E. Stone a good team. Chester Morris has become well known in the title role, and little Stone is strong as his comic sidekick.

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