Top billed cast

1. 

   Chester Morris

   Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black

2. 

   Trudy Marshall

   Irene

3. 

   Constance Dowling

   Dinah Moran

4. 

   Richard Lane

   Inspector Farraday

5. 

   George E. Stone

   The Runt

6. 

   Frank Sully

   Sgt. Matthews

7. 

   Warren Ashe

   John Lampau, alias John Jani

8. 

   Selmer Jackson

   Warden Lund

9. 

   Wanda Perry

   Secretary (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-12-09

The first twenty minutes or so of this are quite entertaining. Who knew that "Blackie" (Chester Morris) was a dab hand at magic tricks? Well he takes his cabinet to a women's prison where he asks inmate "Dinah" (Constance Dowling) to have a go. Next thing, sirens are going off and there's no trace. "Insp. Farraday" (Richard Lane) and sidekick "Matthews" (Frank Sully) drag him in for questioning and we have some playful mischief around this magical device before, well it's soon not much use for anything but bonfire fodder. Meantime, there's a standard who robbed who and wants their share reveng...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• boston blackie