Movie Mystery
Blackie's got an eye-full of alibi... but cops don't believe in looks!
It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as Inspector Farrady. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two ex-partners. Boston Blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie's clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Of course, the Inspector immediately suspects Blackie of being involved. Now it is Blackie's job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.
Chester Morris Adele Mara Richard Lane George E. Stone Lloyd Corrigan Walter Sande Larry Parks George McKay Cy Kendall Paul Fix Ben Taggart Ernie Adams Lloyd Bridges Edmund Cobb Harry Depp Mike Donovan Lester Dorr Bud Geary Kit Guard Dave Harper Al Herman George Hickman Dick Jensen William Lally Eddie Laughton James T. Mack Teddy Mangean Sidney Miller Eileen O'Hearn Lee Prather Frank Richards Francis Sayles Walter Soderling Cyril Thornton Duke York Suzanne Ridgway
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