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A Close Call for Boston Blackie is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lew Landers released in USA on 24 january 1946 with Chester Morris
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
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Add to a movie listA Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946) is the tenth of fourteen Columbia Pictures crime films starring Chester Morris as Boston Blackie.
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Ignoring Inspector Farraday's (Richard Lane) friendly advice to stop helping women, Boston Blackie goes to the rescue of a female being attacked by two men. She turns out to be Geraldine "Gerry" Peyton (Lynn Merrick), an old flame of his. She begs him to help protect her baby from her husband John (an uncredited Mark Roberts), who has just been paroled.Actors
Chester Morris
(Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black / Cyrus Peyton)
Lynn Merrick
(Geraldine 'Gerry' Peyton)
Richard Lane
(Inspector Farraday)
George E. Stone
(The Runt)
Frank Sully
(Sgt. Matthews)
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This script must be run from the command line
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This script must be run from the command line