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Release Date: 1943

Cast: Chester Morris, Jeanne Bates

Categories: Movies, Prison, Mystery, Crime Fiction, Adventure, Crime Drama

The Chance of a Lifetime is a 1943 crime drama starring Chester Morris, Erik Rolf and Jeanne Bates. It is one of 14 films made by Columbia Pictures involving detective Boston Blackie, a criminal-turned-detective. The film is also William Castle's directorial debut. Boston Blackie helps the war effort by getting prisoners released on parole to help in a World War II factory. Those chosen have to be "good prisoners" who want to support America's war effort. As usual, there is the proverbial black sheep who immediately returns to crime after his parole. If Boston Blackie is to save this... MORE

The Chance of a Lifetime is a 1943 crime drama starring Chester Morris, Erik Rolf and Jeanne Bates. It is one of 14 films made by Columbia Pictures involving detective Boston Blackie, a criminal-turned-detective. The film is also William Castle's directorial debut. Boston Blackie helps the war effort by getting prisoners released on parole to help in a World War II factory. Those chosen have to be "good prisoners" who want to support America's war effort. As usual, there is the proverbial black sheep who immediately returns to crime after his parole. If Boston Blackie is to save this project, he has to capture the criminal and find the stolen loot. As with the other studios, Columbia Pictures had their own "in house" detective series. Boston Blackie films were taut, compact and entertaining "B" crime films with a bit of humor periodically injected into the plot. This was Columbia Pictures' sixth Boston Blackie film in the series and one of three that did not have his name in the title of the film. As with many of the films of the period, this was a flag waver to support America's efforts during World War II. Critic Leonard Maltin said that star Chester Morris "brought to the role a LESS