Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
Sally Brown
Jimmy Casey
Inspector Farraday
The Runt
Mathews
Martha
Arthur Manleder
Steve Caveroni
When his pal "Manleder" (Harry Hayden) almost breaks down the door one night, he regales "Blackie" (Chester Morris) and "Runt" (George E. Stone) with a story of his nephew who has been in a sanatorium accused of being a strangler - and that he has escaped. Assuring him things will be fine, "Blackie" is soon face to face with the rumoured throttler - "Cook" (Steve Cochran) then left wondering if there might be truth to the allegations. "Insp. Faraday" (Richard Lane) and his sidekick "Matthews" (Frank Sully) are quickly on the case and, as usual, they jump to a series of wrong conclusions that m...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
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