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)
- Director
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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 little odd
Someone is killing women and framing Blackie in "Boston Blackie's Rendezvous" starring Chester Morris, George E. Stone, Richard Lane, Steve Cochran, and Nina Foch.
Blackie is appealed to in the middle of the night by a man whose brother has escaped from the asylum. The man, Jimmy Cook (Steve Cochran) shows up at Blackie's later and refuses to turn himself in. He starts killing, picking up a woman at a Dime a Dance joint and then moving on to someone else who works there. He writes poetic letters to these women, so when he shows up at Sally Brown's (Foch) place, she's looking forward to meeting him.
Chester Morris is always very good as Blackie - relaxed and funny, and George E. Stone makes a good if scared sidekick. And they both drive Inspector Farraday (Lane) nuts. However, this script left something to be desired. First of all, Blackie and the Runt go looking in their building for Cook disguised as black maids, complete with white lips like they were doing a minstrel show. That type of thing is cringe-worthy today.
Also, the Foch character is suspicious of Blackie, thinking he's the killer, lets in Cochran and buys his whole line, even accompanying him to his place. She was definitely one sandwich short of a picnic.
The film moves along quickly, with handsome Steve Cochran leaving much to be desired in an early performance, relying basically on making faces. Nina Foch was lovely, but her character wasn't fleshed out very well.
Okay entry into the series.
Blackie is appealed to in the middle of the night by a man whose brother has escaped from the asylum. The man, Jimmy Cook (Steve Cochran) shows up at Blackie's later and refuses to turn himself in. He starts killing, picking up a woman at a Dime a Dance joint and then moving on to someone else who works there. He writes poetic letters to these women, so when he shows up at Sally Brown's (Foch) place, she's looking forward to meeting him.
Chester Morris is always very good as Blackie - relaxed and funny, and George E. Stone makes a good if scared sidekick. And they both drive Inspector Farraday (Lane) nuts. However, this script left something to be desired. First of all, Blackie and the Runt go looking in their building for Cook disguised as black maids, complete with white lips like they were doing a minstrel show. That type of thing is cringe-worthy today.
Also, the Foch character is suspicious of Blackie, thinking he's the killer, lets in Cochran and buys his whole line, even accompanying him to his place. She was definitely one sandwich short of a picnic.
The film moves along quickly, with handsome Steve Cochran leaving much to be desired in an early performance, relying basically on making faces. Nina Foch was lovely, but her character wasn't fleshed out very well.
Okay entry into the series.
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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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