Alias Boston Blackie (1942)

Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. "Blackie" out to help his pal, "Runt," recover some jewels, finds himself involved in the homicides, and also finds himself as the prime suspect, and now has to find the real culprit in order to clear himself. So "Blackie,", a man of many talents and already a proved magician from cases past, shows he knows a little bit about dancing skeletons, walking phantoms and spiritualism himself, and holds a séance to unmask the murderer.

When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring.

After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.

It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as Inspector Farrady. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two ex-partners. Boston Blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie's clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Of course, the Inspector immediately suspects Blackie of being involved. Now it is Blackie's job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.

A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston Blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the law makes him an easy target for the police. When the body disappears, Blackie must find it to prove his innocence.

Boston Blackie Dawson gets some jewels that belonged to the imperial family of Russia. A gang of terrorists is after the jewels.

A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.

Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.

Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.

Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.

Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.

Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in California. Performing this good deed, he is accused of theft, but is allowed to proceed to Hollywood to help the police find a lost diamond.

A girl seeks revenge after a Wall Street broker had falsely accused her father and sent him unjustly to prison.

Just out of jail and vowing to go straight, former jewel thief Boston Blackie, undertakes the reformation of a pretty blonde who has stolen a necklace from a cabaret dancer. He learns that the jewel belongs to the mother of the blonde girl, and the blonde's philandering father gave it as a gift to the cabaret girl. Now, Blackie must find a way to return the necklace to the owner's safe without arousing the suspicions of the girl's family.

Reformed criminal Boston Blackie is outraged when a judge refuses to grant a pardon for a dying friend. He hires Norine, his now-dead friend's daughter, to get to the judge through his son Rudy. However, things don't work out quite as Blackie had planned.

Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.

Gentleman crook Boston Blackie answers a want ad for an expert safecracker placed by Doris Macon, who claims a moral right to the safe's contents. She hires Blackie, and they break into the house where the safe is kept. Blackie blows up the safe just as owner Captain von Hoffmeier returns home. Doris disappears with papers from inside the safe, while Blackie takes phonograph records, which, when played with a special needle, reveal secrets that implicate von Hoffmeier as a German political spy.

Boston Blackie is a former prison inmate campaigning to outlaw Warden Benton's infamous "Water Cross" torture. Benton, however, is successful in his attempt to have Blackie arrested and returned to the prison, but his evil schemes are ultimately thwarted by Mary Carter, Blackie's girlfriend, who manages to alert the governor.

While burgling a mansion, Blackie is interrupted by little Joey, who has been awakened from his slumbers. Blackie gently orders the kid to return to bed, but Joey refuses to do so unless Blackie helps him say his prayers. Thus is formed a strong friendship between Blackie and his "little pal," inspiring our raffish hero to rescue Joey's mother Rosemary Theby from a scandalous situation.

매사에 소심하고 소극적인 페이션스 필립스(할리 베리)는 그런 성격 때문에 늘 사람들에게 무시당하고 산다. 화가의 꿈도 포기하고 화장품 회사인 '헤데어 뷰티'의 그래픽 디자이너로 일하는 그녀는 내심 늘 남들에게 당하고만 사는 자신이 못마땅하기만 하다. 페이션스가 다니는 '헤데어 뷰티'사는 '젊음과 아름다움을 위해선 어떤 희생도 기꺼이 지불해야 한다'는 신조를 가진 악덕 사주 조지 헤데어(램버트 윌슨)가 운영하는 대기업. 슈퍼모델인 그의 아내 로렐(샤론 스톤)은 회사의 간판모델로 몇 년째 일하고 있었다. 그러나 남편이 모델로는 너무 늙었다며 22세의 젊은 모델로 교체하려 하자, 복수를 결심한다. 나름대로 평온하던 페이션스의 삶은 뜻하지 않은 사건으로 운명적 변화를 맞게 된다. '헤데어'의 노화방지 화장품에 감춰진 무서운 비밀을 알게 된 것. 비밀이 누설 될 것을 우려한 헤데어는 페이션스를 살해한다. 그러나 그녀는 고양이들의 신비로운 힘에 의해 부활해 힘과 민첩함, 초자연적 감각을 얻게 된다. 선과 악을 함께 지닌 유혹적인 존재 캣우먼으로 다시 태어난 페이션스... 그녀는 더 이상 예전의 평범하고 소심했던 여자가 아니다. 되살아난 페이션스는 복수를 시작하고, 그로 인해 한창 로맨스가 싹트기 시작한 경찰관 톰 론(벤자민 브랫)과의 관계가 복잡하게 꼬인다. 톰이 도시에서 벌어지고 있는 일련의 범죄가 자신이 좋아하는 페이션스와 뭔가 연관이 있다는 심증을 잡고 고민을 하기 시작했기 때문. 한편, 페이션스의 감춰진 야성이 분출되면서 그녀는 본래의 자아와 자신의 또 다른 자아 캣우먼 간의 구분이 점차 모호해져 혼란을 겪는다. 죽음으로 새로운 생명을 얻은 그녀는 이제 더 이상 그 누구에게도 지배되지 않는 존재로 변신해나가는데... 이제 캣우먼의 매력적인 활약이 시작된다!