Boston Blackie and the Law (1946) DVD-R

Starring Chester Morris, Trudy Marshall, Constance Dowling, Richard
Lane, George E. Stone, Larry Parks
Directed by D. Ross Lederman

Print: black/white
Runtime: 69 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

This twelfth entry in Columbia's "Boston Blackie" series is essentially a
remake of 1942's Alias Boston Blackie. In the original, a falsely accused
convict (Larry Parks) escapes while Blackie (Chester Morris) is putting on
a magic show for a men's prison, prompting Blackie to stop the escapee
before he can kill the man who framed him. In the remake, Blackie stages
yet another magic act, this time at a woman's prison. Sure enough, a
female inmate (Constance Dowling) escapes, determined to wreak
vengeance on the man who done her wrong. Implicated in the escape,
Blackie manages to clear himself and to extract a recorded confession
from the actual killer. In both the original and the remake, Chester Morris
is given ample opportunity to show off his considerable skills as a
magician.