Blackie tricks a blackmailer-murderer into a confession. Story involves sinister seances and ghostly apparitions.Blackie tricks a blackmailer-murderer into a confession. Story involves sinister seances and ghostly apparitions.Blackie tricks a blackmailer-murderer into a confession. Story involves sinister seances and ghostly apparitions.
John Bagni
- Shill
- (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Tom Dillon
- Dinny McGonagle
- (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
- Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
George Eldredge
- Cop #2 Outside Hospital Room
- (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston
- 2nd Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Doris Houck
- Waitress
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaEleventh of fourteen "Boston Blackie" films starring Chester Morris released by Columbia Pictures from 1941 to 1949.
- Quotes
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black: As soon as I get done fixing your ethical code I need to work on your grammar.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
Featured review
"He's not dead. His mustache is twitching."
Tenth movie in Columbia's Boston Blackie series starring Chester Morris. This one has Blackie taking on a phony spiritualist (Marvin Miller) who's blackmailing a woman (Jeff Donnell). Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) is on the wrong track as always. A fun entry in the series, thanks to a good cast and supernatural elements that provide more atmosphere than usual. Morris and George E. Stone as Blackie's sidekick The Runt are both great. Stone gets a lot of comedic bits here, afraid of spooks and the like. Richard Lane is amusingly cantankerous in this one. Jeff Donnell gives a sympathetic turn and Dusty Anderson provides some sex appeal as Miller's assistant. For his part, deep-voiced Marvin Miller is sufficiently sinister as the villain. Joseph Cretan has a nice scene as a tough pawnbroker that's somewhat of a change of pace from his usual authoritarian roles. I enjoy the Boston Blackie series a lot, even with its formulaic plots. This is one of the better Blackie pictures.
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- utgard14
- Sep 18, 2017
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- Also known as
- Boston Blackie's Private Ghost
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- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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