The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)
ARRESTED FOR A MUDER HE DIDN'T COMMIT!
장르 : 범죄, 미스터리
상영시간 : 1시간 5분
연출 : William Castle
시놉시스
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.
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.
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.
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.
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.
세기의 명탐정_“범죄는 흔하다. 그러나 논리는 흔치 않다” 셜록 홈즈, 천재적인 추리 능력과 주먹의 힘까지 갖추고 친구 왓슨 박사 와 함께 치밀하게 얽힌 미스터리 속에서 진실을 찾아내는 명탐정. 그에게 이제껏 경험하지 못했던 최대의 위협이자 지금껏 그토록 갈구했던 진정한 모험이 몰려오고 있었다. 예고된 살인_“홈즈, 당신과 나는 자연 법칙을 뒤집어 놓을 여정에 올랐소”다섯 명의 여인들이 종교 의식의 제물로 끔찍하게 살해되는 사건이 잇따라 발생하고, 홈즈와 왓슨은 간발의 차이로 마지막 희생자가 될뻔한 여인을 구한다. 범인은 비밀 종교집단 소속의 블랙우드. 붙잡힌 블랙우드는 사형 집행일이 다가올수록 강력한 어둠의 힘을 발휘하고, 자신의 죽음은 계획의 일부에 지나지 않는다며 홈즈에게 경고한다. 죽은 자의 부활_“증거 없는 이론은 위험하네. 사실을 이론에 맞추려 들테니” 블랙우드의 경고는 현실로 나타나고, 죽었던 그의 부활은 도시 전체를 공포 속에 몰아넣는다. 그러나 이것은 홈즈에게는 게임의 시작일 뿐. 블랙우드의 치명적인 음모를 저지하기 위해 홈즈와 왓슨은 고대의 신비한 주술과 현대의 경이로운 신기술이 혼재한 세계로 뛰어든다. 진정한 목적_“가장 사소한 단서가 가장 중요한 증거가 되는 법이지”그러나 홈즈가 해결해야 할 것은 사건만이 아니었다. 그의 앞에 헤어진 연인 아이린 이 등장해 적인지 아닌지 모호한 행동으로 그를 더욱 혼란에 빠뜨린다. 한편, 최강의 콤비 플레이로 사건을 파헤치던 홈즈와 왓슨은 단서들이 공통의 연결고리로 어떤 징후를 나타낸다는 것을 발견하고, 이것이 세상을 파멸시킬 거대한 음모였음을 알게 되는데… 정확한 논리를 무기로, 일격의 주먹을 방어막으로, 세상을 구할 홈즈의 추리가 시작된다!