Boston Blackies Rendezvous

Boston Blackies Rendezvous (1945)Cast and Crew

Movie"Strangler on the Loose Copper on the Trail SHOCKER on the Screen"

Cast

C
Chester Morris
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
N
Nina Foch
as Sally Brown
S
Steve Cochran
as Jimmy Casey
R
Richard Lane
as Inspector Farraday
G
George E. Stone
as The Runt
F
Frank Sully
as Mathews
I
Iris Adrian
as Martha
H
Harry Hayden
as Arthur Manleder
J
Joe Devlin
as Steve Caveroni
D
Dan Stowell
as Hotel clerk
P
Phil Van Zandt
as Dr. Fagle
A
Adele Roberts
as Patricia Powers

Crew

A
Aaron Stell
Editor
P
Perry Smith
Art Direction
F
Fay Babcock
Set Decoration
E
Edward Dein
Writer
G
George Meehan
Director of Photography
J
Jack Boyle
Characters
A
Alexis Thurn-Taxis
Producer
A
Arthur Dreifuss
Director
F
Fred Schiller
Story

Boston Blackie Collection

Jack Boyle's stories first appeared in the early 20th Century. "The Price of Principle" was a short story in the July 1914 issue of The American Magazine. Boyle's character also turned up in Cosmopolitan. In 1917, Redbook published the novelette "Boston Blackie’s Mary," and the magazine brought the character back with "The Heart of the Lily" (February, 1921). Boyle's stories were collected in the book Boston Blackie (1919), which was reprinted in 1979 by Gregg Press. Boyle died in 1928. [edit]Films The earliest film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Columbia Pictures revived the property in 1941 with Meet Boston Blackie, a fast, 58-minute "B" feature starring Chester Morris. Although the running time was brief, Columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director (Robert Florey). The film was successful, and a series followed.