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Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Tobias Burrows It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

sol ***SPOILERS*** The usually sharp and on the ball Boston Blackie, Chester Morris, gets himself into deep you know what here by falling for an old flame Jerry Payton's, Lynn Merrick, sob story. That of her being left along in the world by her convict husband John, Mark Roberts with his baby that was born while he was behind bars serving a stretch for a homicide conviction. As it later turned out Payton was killed while, after being let out on bail, showing up at Jerry's apartment with Blackie who just happened to be there getting blamed for it!With Blackie on the lamb he gets help from his sidekick "The Runt", George E. Stone, and his girlfriend Mamie, Claire Carlton, to just why he was set up by Jerry and what's exactly the story with the baby that she suddenly, what seemed like out of nowhere without the help of a stork, gave birth to! That without the usual and biological nine month gestation period?As Blackie soon finds out that baby wasn't her's or her late husband John but that of Hack Hagen, Charles Lane. It was Hagen who together with Jerry and her accomplice Smilley Slade, Eric Rolf, planned to trick Jerry's father in law millionaire Cyrus Payton to pay her and Smilley big bucks, 100 G's,to take home with him as his long lost grandson. The problem is that Blackie is on to them and to both prove his innocence in the murders of both John Payton and Hack Hagen, who was murdered by Smilley for asking too many questions, as well as expose Jerry as the mastermind behind this whole scam!***SPOILERS*** Unexpected ending with bumbling policemen Inspt. Farrady and his butterfingered partner Sgt.Matthews, Richard Lane & Frank Sully, actually being able to solve the very complicated case and end up coming to Blackie's rescue when you at first thought that they, as they alway do, blew it. But it was "The Runt" and Mamie who put the two cops on the right trail not anything that they did in police work in solving the case as well as them putting the cuffs on both Jerry and Smilley who almost got away with murder!

csteidler Blackie and the Runt rescue a woman (Lynn Merrick) who's been attacked in the street right in front of their building. They carry in the unconscious woman, who is quickly identified as Gerry Peyton, one of Blackie's old flames. Nothing much new so far, but when they open the bedroom door we see the main twist that this series entry has to offer: a baby! Rather quickly, the rest of the plot is set into motion—Gerry's husband, a gunshot from around the corner of a doorway, some doubts about the identity of the baby and the honesty of Gerry. (Honestly, it's funny that Blackie and the Runt aren't suspicious of Lynn Merrick right away, since she just played a character pulling a similar deception on them in Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion!) If you're familiar with the Boston Blackie series, you'll easily guess who is accused of the first murder and also who does the accusing. Yes, Inspector Farraday is—as always—shocked that Blackie has stooped to murder, but after all, Blackie did have a good motive and was caught with the body in his apartment. He must be guilty! Blackie and the Runt, Farraday and his sidekick Matthews are all in good form. The story's nothing special but it moves fast. Blackie once again disguises himself as an old man…and in a nice touch, Matthews turns up in the same disguise! (Blackie and Farraday had the same idea, it seems.)Easygoing fun that's all wrapped up in exactly an hour.

Michael_Elliott Close Call for Boston Blackie, A (1946) *** (out of 4) Lew Landers (The Raven) directs this tenth entry in Columbia's popular series. This time out Blackie (Chester Morris) runs into a woman he formally loved who know is married with a kid. When her husband gets out of prison he's killed in Blackie's apartment and of course the police thing Blackie pulled the trigger so he must set out to prove his innocence as well as capture the real killers. This one here is a step up from the previous film because they changed the mode quite a bit. For starters, the plot is a lot more difficult to figure out and is a lot more challenging for the viewing. Another added bonus is that Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) and Sergeant Matthews (Frank Sully) play a bigger part of the mystery and they aren't just here for laughs, although they still have a lot of funny moments. Another added bonus is the baby itself, which leads to several cute scenes with Blackie, the police and The Runt. All the cast members are once again at full force with Morris being as delightful as ever.

Neil Doyle The plot involves a kidnapped baby, a ransom, extortion, murder and all the usual ingredients that are mishandled by the police on the trail of a crooked lady (LYNN MERRICK) and her criminal pals responsible for all the trouble.All the trouble, of course, is pinned on Boston Blackie, CHESTER MORRIS in his usual "old man" disguise, who wouldn't fool anybody--but, hey, this is a movie. He poses as the man willing to pay ransom money to get the baby back and it works, in time for a snappy ending.The baby is a cute little boy, well-behaved on camera most of the time and given numerous close-ups as he peers back and forth at the grown-ups handling him. Inspector Farraday and his dumb sergeant are more bumbling than ever while the accent is on comedy relief more than mystery.Summing up: Entertaining, but fluffy entry in the Blackie series, strictly routine.