Chester Morris
Chester Morris (born John Chester Brooks Morris; February 16, 1901 – September 11, 1970) was an American stage, film, television, and radio actor. He had some prestigious film roles early in his career, and was nominated for an Academy Award. Chester Morris is best remembered today for portraying Boston Blackie, a criminal-turned-detective, in the modestly budgeted Boston Blackie film series of the 1940s.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.068 |
| Birthday | 1901-02-16 |
| Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | John Chester Brooks Morris, |
1933
Blondie Johnson
6.1/15
A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.
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Blondie Johnson
1935
I've Been Around
2.5/2
Romantic problems of a society girl and an engineer.
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I've Been Around
1935
Public Hero Number 1
6.2/8
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailb...
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Public Hero Number 1
1930
The Bat Whispers
6.4/28
Infamous burglar "The Bat" commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon after, a bank theft occurs, which may be the work of the...
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The Bat Whispers
1929
Alibi
5.9/19
Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls...
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Alibi
1939
Blind Alley
5.7/15
A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.
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Blind Alley
1956
The She-Creature
4.1/33
A mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.
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The She-Creature
1947
Blind Spot
4.2/7
A mystery writer becomes the prime suspect in a murder investigation when a publisher he last saw is found dead.
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Blind Spot
1930
The Big House
6.667/42
Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning...
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The Big House
1939
Five Came Back
6.2/38
Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off cour...
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Five Came Back
1943
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
5.7/5
Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.
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After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1945
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
4.7/7
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
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Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
1946
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
4.9/7
Blackie runs into a woman he formally loved who now is married with a kid. When her husband gets out of prison he's killed in Blackie's apartment and...
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A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946
Boston Blackie and the Law
6/5
Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.
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Boston Blackie and the Law
1942
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
5/5
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...
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Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
1941
Confessions of Boston Blackie
6.1/6
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...
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Confessions of Boston Blackie
1945
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
5.5/4
Blackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition at an auction.
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Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1949
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
5.6/5
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.
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Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1930
The Divorcee
6.3/49
When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful, she decides to pay him back in kind.
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The Divorcee
1944
One Mysterious Night
6/10
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. Al...
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One Mysterious Night
1941
Meet Boston Blackie
6.3/13
When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring.
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Meet Boston Blackie
1948
Trapped by Boston Blackie
6.5/5
Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.
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Trapped by Boston Blackie
1932
Sinners in the Sun
4.9/8
A New York fashion model finds herself being pursued by a poor but honest garage mechanic and a rich philanderer.
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Sinners in the Sun
1942
Alias Boston Blackie
5.5/10
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 stil...
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Alias Boston Blackie
1944
Secret Command
6.8/4
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the shipyards where his brother, Jeff, is a foreman. Jef...
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Secret Command
1931
Corsair
4.4/13
A stock market broker plans to liven up his boring life by taking up piracy on the high seas.
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Corsair
1946
The Phantom Thief
5.3/3
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 t...
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The Phantom Thief
1943
The Chance of a Lifetime
6.2/5
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.
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The Chance of a Lifetime
1932
Red-Headed Woman
6.7/47
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force so...
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Red-Headed Woman
1939
Thunder Afloat
5.9/5
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
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Thunder Afloat
1932
Breach of Promise
0/0
A pre-Code drama.
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Breach of Promise
1938
Sky Giant
4.7/3
Given the job of training young pilots for important post-war cargo flights, hard-boiled Col. Stockton forces ex-officer Stag Cahill back into the mil...
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Sky Giant
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
6/2
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension th...
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1937
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
4.2/5
A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more i...
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Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1941
No Hands on the Clock
4.9/7
A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.
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No Hands on the Clock
1944
Double Exposure
5.5/4
In New York City, a newly hired photographer becomes embroiled in a scandal when her photo is mistaken for evidence of a murder and she must try to pr...
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Double Exposure
1935
Society Doctor
6.3/3
Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their rivalry in the operating room.
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Society Doctor
1936
Three Godfathers
6.8/13
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Ar...
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Three Godfathers
1935
Pursuit
6/3
"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of California into Mexico. He is accompanied by Maxine Ru...
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Pursuit
1937
Flight from Glory
5.5/4
Director Lew Landers' 1937 B-film, about a crew of misfit pilots working for an Argentinian air service, stars Chester Morris, Van Heflin, Whitney Bou...
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Flight from Glory
1933
Tomorrow at Seven
6/9
People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace".
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Tomorrow at Seven
1938
Law of the Underworld
5.5/4
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution
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Law of the Underworld
1930
She Couldn't Say No
0/0
A night club singer falls for a gangster.
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She Couldn't Say No
1930
The Case of Sergeant Grischa
6.5/2
This film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this category that is among the lost. No negative or print...
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The Case of Sergeant Grischa
1936
Moonlight Murder
5/4
An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.
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Moonlight Murder
1938
Smashing the Rackets
5.5/2
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile...
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Smashing the Rackets
1943
Tornado
5.5/4
The owner of an Illinois coal mine struggles to keep his business in operation, all the while unaware that among his employees is a saboteur planning...
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Tornado
1929
Woman Trap
5.2/4
In Woman Trap, Hal Skelly is hard-bitten police sergeant Dan Malone, whose mission in life is to rid his community of gangsters. The revelation that D...
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Woman Trap
1934
The Gay Bride
5.8/8
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
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The Gay Bride
1937
I Promise to Pay
5.5/2
A man goes to a loan shark to finance his family's vacation.
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I Promise to Pay
1930
Second Choice
0/0
Vallery Grove is in love with Don Warren but her mother opposes the match because he is poor and has no social standing. Don decides to terminate his...
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Second Choice
1942
I Live on Danger
5.7/6
A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.
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I Live on Danger
1930
Playing Around
4.7/6
New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go.
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Playing Around
1943
Aerial Gunner
4.4/5
Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman.
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Aerial Gunner
1944
Gambler's Choice
6/3
The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York...
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Gambler's Choice
1940
The Marines Fly High
5.5/4
Marine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for the attention of beautiful Joan Grant.
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The Marines Fly High
1946
One Way to Love
7/1
A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and the other must write commercial jingles.
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One Way to Love
1932
Cock of the Air
8/1
An opera diva sets her sights on a womanizing army officer.
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Cock of the Air
1932
The Miracle Man
5.7/6
A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leader, John Madison, encounters a faith healer and use...
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The Miracle Man
1935
Princess O'Hara
6/1
When King's beloved horse dies, Princess tries to purchase a new nag, and that's how she inadvertently gets her hands on a "stolen" race horse. Our he...
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Princess O'Hara
1961
A String of Beads
0/0
An ordinary girl's life is radically changed by the mistaken receipt of a $60,000 strand of pearls.
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A String of Beads
1936
They Met in a Taxi
6/1
A cab driver takes in a young woman who claims to be a reluctant bride, and becomes involved in the search for a stolen necklace.
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They Met in a Taxi
1970
The Great White Hope
6.1/33
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
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The Great White Hope
1933
King for a Night
6.2/2
A prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
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King for a Night
1936
Frankie and Johnnie
5/1
The story of a woman, Frankie, and the man who has done her wrong, Johnnie.
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Frankie and Johnnie
1937
Devil's Playground
6/3
A remake of Frank Capra's Submarine (1928), Devil's Playground is a snappy Columbia "B plus" picture starring Richard Dix and Chester Morris. Submarin...
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Devil's Playground
1939
Pacific Liner
5.2/11
The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post of ship's physician in order to be near Ann Grayson, the shi...
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Pacific Liner
1940
Wagons Westward
6/1
David Cook and twin brother Tom are poles apart in disposition and traits. When their father dies, Tom goes to New Mexico to live with his Uncle Hardt...
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Wagons Westward
1940
Girl from God's Country
0/0
Jim Holden, a young doctor practicing in Alaska, eagerly awaits the arrival of his new nurse, Anne Webster. All of his previous left within a few week...
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Girl from God's Country
1945
Rough, Tough and Ready
0/0
The story is the old bromide about two brawling buddies, duking it out over the same girl, in this case pert Jo Matheson (Jean Rogers). Owen and Brad...
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Rough, Tough and Ready
1936
Counterfeit
6/3
A cop goes undercover to infiltrate and break up a counterfeiting ring.
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Counterfeit
1955
Unchained
0/0
This fact-based prison drama tells the tale of a band of prisoners living in the innovative 2,600-acre prison at Chino, California. The place takes a...
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Unchained
1934
Gift of Gab
1/1
Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
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Gift of Gab
1942
Canal Zone
5.5/2
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Canal Zone
1929
Show of Shows
5.5/2
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the firs...
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Show of Shows
1929
Fast Life
0/0
A man is tried and convicted for the murder of a man who flirted with his wife., and sentenced to death However, it turns out that he is innocent of t...
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Fast Life
1960
The Computer Comes to Marketing
0/0
Five executives at a company argue about whether they should buy a computer and what it would do for their company.
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The Computer Comes to Marketing
1933
Infernal Machine
0/0
This pre-Code comedy-thriller centers on Robert Holden, a broke and discouraged veteran, who meets fellow American Elinor Green at a cafe in Paris. Af...
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Infernal Machine
1933
Golden Harvest
5/1
A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat market...
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Golden Harvest
1934
The Hollywood Gad-About
5/2
A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.
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The Hollywood Gad-About
1935
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
5.6/8
Various Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number of amiable stars in the audience.
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Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
2003
Complicated Women
6.7/11
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered fi...
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Complicated Women
1939
From the Ends of the Earth
0/0
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at t...
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From the Ends of the Earth
1942
Wrecking Crew
5.5/2
Follows a crew as they work under a deadline set by their boss to complete the demolition of a building. Touches on the lives of several of the crew i...
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Wrecking Crew
1934
Embarrassing Moments
0/0
Jerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when it looks as though Jerry's latest prank has resulted in...
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Embarrassing Moments
1934
Let's Talk It Over
0/0
A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be drow...
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Let's Talk It Over
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
6.3/3
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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The Big Parade of Comedy
1943
High Explosive
5.7/3
Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto ca...
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High Explosive
1939
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
3.5/2
Two starstruck visitors to Hollywood sneak into the famous nightclub and end up in a Conga contest and get more than they expected.
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