Yearning to watch 'The Chance of a Lifetime' on your TV, phone, or tablet? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the William Castle-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to take the pressure off.
We've listed a number of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'The Chance of a Lifetime' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'The Chance of a Lifetime' right now, here are some details about the Columbia Pictures crime flick.
Released October 26th, 1943, 'The Chance of a Lifetime' stars Chester Morris, Erik Rolf, Jeanne Bates, Richard Lane The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 5 min, and received a user score of 62 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 5 top users.
Interested in knowing what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant." .
'The Chance of a Lifetime' Release Dates
Boston Blackie Collection
Jack Boyle's stories first appeared in the early 20th Century. "The Price of Principle" was a short story in the July 1914 issue of The American Magazine. Boyle's character also turned up in Cosmopolitan. In 1917, Redbook published the novelette "Boston Blackie’s Mary," and the magazine brought the character back with "The Heart of the Lily" (February, 1921). Boyle's stories were collected in the book Boston Blackie (1919), which was reprinted in 1979 by Gregg Press. Boyle died in 1928. [edit]Films The earliest film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Columbia Pictures revived the property in 1941 with Meet Boston Blackie, a fast, 58-minute "B" feature starring Chester Morris. Although the running time was brief, Columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director (Robert Florey). The film was successful, and a series followed.
