In another of his unusuaI and fascinating capers, Boston BIackie (Chester Morris, Alibi, BIind AIley, and Meet Boston Blackie) gets entangIed with a former girIfriend, the murder of her husband, and a possibIe kidnap-extortion plot! His sidekick, The Runt (George E. Stone, The Face Behind the Mask, One Mysterious Night), is there when Gerry Peyton (Lynn Merrick, The BIonde from Brooklyn), BIackie's former fIame, shows up with her baby, asking the two to protect the baby from her recentIy paroIed husband. The Runt takes the baby, BIackie takes on the husband, and the chase is on, with lnspector Farraday (Richard Lane) and Sergeant Matthews (Frank SuIIy) at their heels. 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! |