Boston Blackie Collection

Chester Morris

Erik Rolf

Jeanne Bates

Richard Lane

George E. Stone

Lloyd Corrigan

Douglas Fowley

Sid Melton

Ray Teal

Maude Eburne

Arthur Hunnicutt

Cy Kendall

Larry Olsen

Pierre Watkin

Walter Sande

Jack Carr

Richard Alexander

George Anderson

Jessie Arnold

Trevor Bardette

Eddie Bruce

Sally Cairns

Eddy Chandler

James Conaty

Heinie Conklin

Marie De Becker

Sayre Dearing

Minta Durfee

Ben Erway

Jerry Frank

Joel Friedkin

Kit Guard

John Harmon

Carl M. Leviness

George Magrill

Al Murphy

Forbes Murray

Frank O'Connor

Brian O'Hara

Dick Rush

Harry Semels

John Tyrrell

Bobby Hale

William Castle

Jack Boyle

Paul Yawitz

Wallace MacDonald

Ernest Miller

Jerome Thoms

Lionel Banks

Paul Murphy

Robert Priestley

Clay Campbell

Earl Bellamy

Earl Snyder

Morris Stoloff

Sidney Cutner

Werner R. Heymann

Friedrich Hollaender

Ben Oakland

George Parrish

Gregory Stone

Eddie Parker

Matty Roubert

Chuck Hamilton

Crime

Mystery

The Chance of a Lifetime

Columbia Pictures

United States of America

CinemaSerf

This time, "Boston" (Chester Morris) comes up with a proposal to the Governor that would allow some trusted prisoners to come and work in a factory to assist with the war effort. He agrees that they can live at his apartment but before long is embroiled in a plan to prove that "Dooley" (Erik Rolf) was set up for a murder he didn't commit. Unusually, "Insp. Faraday" (Richard Lane) is in on the plot to use "Blackie" as bait for the real criminal - well, him and $60,000 - and using some sleight of hand and his gang of well-meaning convicts lays a trap for... This doesn't hang about, is tightly cast with series regulars and with a more solid story than many of the other outings for an on form Morris, it passes an hour with a few red herrings and a precarious window-dangled confession at the end.

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