In another of his unusuaI and fascinating capers, Boston BIackie (Chester Morris, Alibi, BIind AIIey, and Meet Boston Blackie) gets entangIed with a former girIfriend, the murder of her husband, and a possible kidnap-extortion pIot! His sidekick, The Runt (George E. Stone, The Face Behind the Mask, One Mysterious Night), is there when Gerry Peyton (Lynn Merrick, The Blonde from BrookIyn), Blackie's former flame, shows up with her baby, asking the two to protect the baby from her recentIy paroled husband. The Runt takes the baby, Blackie takes on the husband, and the chase is on, with Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) and Sergeant Matthews (Frank SuIIy) at their heeIs. This fast-paced, surprising mystery wraps up in a tidy 60 minutes, but don't feel cheated - they just don't make 'em this way anymore! |