Boston Blackie and the Law 1946 N/R, 69 min. Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: D. Ross Lederman Cast: Chester Morris, Trudy Marshall, Constance Dowling, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Frank Sully, Warren Ashe, Selmer Jackson, Ted Hecht, Eddie Dunn, Eddie Fetherston, Brian O'Hara, Pat O'Malley, Edward Keane
In this remake of "Alias Boston Blackie" (1942), Boston Blackie (Chester Morris) is involved in a magic act at a women's prison where inmate Dinah Moran (Constance Dowling) uses the act to disappear. Blackie learns that Dinah's ex-husband Lampau (Warren Ashe) is a magician who has changed his name to John Jani, is performing near by, and is planning to marry his assistant Irene (Trudy Marshall). Blackie warns Lampau that Dinah has escaped, hides him, and then masquerades as Lampau. But Lampau is murdered, and Blackie is arrested for the crime. Blackie escapes from prison and uses magic to trick the murderess into admitting that she killed Lampau.
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The Devil's Partner 1958 N/R, 75 min. Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Charles R. Rondeau Cast: Ed Nelson, Jean Allison, Edgar Buchanan, Spencer Carlisle, Richard Crane, Claire Carleton, Byron Foulger, Joe Hooker, Brian O'Hara, Harry Fleet
An old man makes a pact with the Devil, dies, and then returns as his younger self. Upon his return, bad things start happening in his remote Texas town.
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| 1. Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
2. The Devil's Partner (1958)
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