A Close Call for Boston Blackie is a 1946 American crime film directed by Lew Landers.

Ignoring Inspector Farraday's friendly advice to stop helping women, Boston Blackie goes to the rescue of a female being attacked by two men.

Acting on an anonymous tip, Farraday arrives soon after and assumes that Blackie is responsible for the dead body.

The Niagara Falls Review remarked that "the action comes with speed and suspense, not to mention plenty of laughter as relief.

"[1] Dorothy Masters of the New York Daily News wrote that the "new story isn't bad, but the comedy is.