Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
Richard Alexander
- 1st Bruiser
- (uncredited)
Bing Conley
- 2nd Bruiser
- (uncredited)
Lew Davis
- Man in Ticket Line
- (uncredited)
Joe Devlin
- Cab Driver Steve Caveroni
- (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
- Man Asking About Irene
- (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
- Arthur Manleder
- (uncredited)
Marilyn Johnson
- Chambermaid
- (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
- 3rd Reporter
- (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
- Doorman
- (uncredited)
Perc Launders
- 2nd Reporter
- (uncredited)
Bob Meredith
- Man in Line
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe ninth of 14 "Boston Blackie" films starring Chester Morris released by Columbia Pictures from 1941 to 1949.
- GoofsWhen Boston Blackie is found near the murder scene , he is arrested. The cab driver who brought the real killer and the victim there and can prove that Blackie is innocent is parked nearby yet Blackie forgets all about him. He is never mentioned again.
- Quotes
Boston Blackie: What time did they leave?
Martha: What do I look like, a sundial?
Boston Blackie: Not in this light.
- ConnectionsFollowed by A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
Featured review
A Definite Disappointment
Disappointing, to say the least. Most of the Columbia films, while not by any stretch great art, are passable enough B-entertainment, with good production values, fairly logical plots and some decent characters.
This one has got to be one of the weakest of them all, though. It suffers not just from a sloppy, coincidence-laden plot that makes no sense at all, but also a narratively dubious, cringe-worthy bit where Blackie and Runt don black-face to avoid capture by the cops. Even in 1945, such broad, ethnic-based "humor" would have seemed, if not quite outdated, at least hopelessly old-fashioned.
And while I can see Lt. Faraday's obsession with nailing Blackie for some crime (any crime!) being a fun running gag in these films, it's still an awful stretch for audiences to believe he honestly sees Blackie as a crazed killer.
This one has got to be one of the weakest of them all, though. It suffers not just from a sloppy, coincidence-laden plot that makes no sense at all, but also a narratively dubious, cringe-worthy bit where Blackie and Runt don black-face to avoid capture by the cops. Even in 1945, such broad, ethnic-based "humor" would have seemed, if not quite outdated, at least hopelessly old-fashioned.
And while I can see Lt. Faraday's obsession with nailing Blackie for some crime (any crime!) being a fun running gag in these films, it's still an awful stretch for audiences to believe he honestly sees Blackie as a crazed killer.
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- kvnsmith
- Jul 23, 2017
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Blackie's Rendezvous
- Filming locations
- 313 W. 8th St., Los Angeles, California, USA(Blackie's cab speeds past the old Olympic theatre in downtown L.A.)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945) officially released in Canada in English?
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