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)
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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
Farraday's Obsession
The one constant thread in the Boston Blackie series is Richard Lane's obsession with nailing Chester Morris for some big crime. And of course Morris has to go to work to nail the real crooks to prove his innocence.
But Inspector Farraday's obsession with Boston Blackie is a bit much in Boston Blackie's Rendezvous. Whatever else he is society crook Blackie is no homicidal maniac and Farraday should know that. Still the writers here think he's a strangler.
This all begins when Blackie's playboy friend Arthur Manleder calls late at night on Blackie and the Runt to find his nephew Jimmy Cook who has escaped from an asylum for the hopelessly insane. Cook is played with sardonic brilliance by Steve Cochran in one of his early films. Cook breaks in on Blackie after Manleder leaves and nearly kills him, but does rob him of one of his suits for a disguise.
Then he goes after an obsession of his, taxi dancer Nina Foch. Quite frankly if Farraday wasn't so obsessed with Blackie the film might have been over in 15 minutes.
Arthur Manleder is played in this film by Harry Hayden taking over from Lloyd Corrigan. The Manleder character was dropped from future Boston Blackie films. And Iris Adrian is at her brassy best as Foch's roommate and general protector.
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous is good for the presence of Steve Cochran and Nina Foch and bad for Richard Lane's obsession taken to truly silly lengths.
But Inspector Farraday's obsession with Boston Blackie is a bit much in Boston Blackie's Rendezvous. Whatever else he is society crook Blackie is no homicidal maniac and Farraday should know that. Still the writers here think he's a strangler.
This all begins when Blackie's playboy friend Arthur Manleder calls late at night on Blackie and the Runt to find his nephew Jimmy Cook who has escaped from an asylum for the hopelessly insane. Cook is played with sardonic brilliance by Steve Cochran in one of his early films. Cook breaks in on Blackie after Manleder leaves and nearly kills him, but does rob him of one of his suits for a disguise.
Then he goes after an obsession of his, taxi dancer Nina Foch. Quite frankly if Farraday wasn't so obsessed with Blackie the film might have been over in 15 minutes.
Arthur Manleder is played in this film by Harry Hayden taking over from Lloyd Corrigan. The Manleder character was dropped from future Boston Blackie films. And Iris Adrian is at her brassy best as Foch's roommate and general protector.
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous is good for the presence of Steve Cochran and Nina Foch and bad for Richard Lane's obsession taken to truly silly lengths.
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- 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.)
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- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
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- 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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