‎The Chance of a Lifetime (1943) directed by William Castle • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd

The Chance of a Lifetime

An ex-con helps some fellow ex-cons adjust to life as defense workers, only to become involved with a robbery investigation.

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Review by Michael_Elliott ★★★

William Castle made his directorial debut in this sixth film in the Boston Blackie series. This time out Blackie (Chester Morris) gets ten convicts out of prison to work in a factory for the war relief. One of the convicts end up killing a man in self defense but this is enough to get all ten thrown back in prison so instead Blackie takes the blame but breaks away from Captain Farraday (Richard Lane) to find the real bad guy. Castle's direction is a little bland but the screenplay is full of wonderful gags and nice action, which makes this one of the better films I've seen in the series. Once again Morris delivers a wonderful character and I've really enjoyed this character enough to say it's probably my favorite of all these detective/mystery type films. The interplay between Morris and Lane is as fast and sharp as ever and the supporting cast playing the convicts make good.
Review by Gregory Wood ★★★★

good entry in this series mystery/crime/sleuth
Review by Joseph Mello ★★★

Boston Blackie is back!
Review by Jeff Williams ★★½

Fairly average and formulaic entry despite the directorial debut of William Castle and the Blackie character setting himself up for a murder rap. Nice seeing western regular, Arthur Hunnicutt, as one of the paroled cons.
Review by Arf Ortiyef ★★★

"Why don't you go hide in a donut?"