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Summary

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. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.

Details

Release Date: October 21, 1944

Runtime: 61 minutes

Genres: Mystery, Crime

Rating: 6.0/10 (10 votes)


Boston Blackie Collection

  • Meet Boston Blackie

    Meet Boston Blackie

    When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring.

  • Confessions of Boston Blackie

    Confessions of Boston Blackie

    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 makes him an easy target for the police. When the body disappears, Blackie must find it to prove his innocence.

  • Alias Boston Blackie

    Alias Boston Blackie

    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 still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as Inspector Farrady. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two ex-partners. Boston Blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie's clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Of course, the Inspector immediately suspects Blackie of being involved. Now it is Blackie's job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.

  • Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood

    Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood

    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 deed, he is accused of theft, but is allowed to proceed to Hollywood to help the police find a lost diamond.

  • After Midnight with Boston Blackie

    After Midnight with Boston Blackie

    Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.

  • One Mysterious Night

    One Mysterious Night

    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. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.

  • Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

    Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

    Blackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition at an auction.

  • Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

    Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

    Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.

  • A Close Call for Boston Blackie

    A Close Call for Boston Blackie

    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 of course the police thing Blackie pulled the trigger. Blackie must set out to prove his innocence as well as capture the real killers.

  • Boston Blackie and the Law

    Boston Blackie and the Law

    Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.

  • Trapped by Boston Blackie

    Trapped by Boston Blackie

    Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.

  • Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

    Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

    Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.

  • The Chance of a Lifetime

    The Chance of a Lifetime

    A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.

  • The Phantom Thief

    The Phantom Thief

    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 the occult. "Blackie" out to help his pal, "Runt," recover some jewels, finds himself involved in the homicides, and also finds himself as the prime suspect, and now has to find the real culprit in order to clear himself. So "Blackie,", a man of many talents and already a proved magician from cases past, shows he knows a little bit about dancing skeletons, walking phantoms and spiritualism himself, and holds a séance to unmask the murderer.


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Cast

  • Chester Morris

    Chester Morris

    Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black

  • Janis Carter

    Janis Carter

    Dorothy Anderson

  • William Wright

    William Wright

    Paul Martens

  • Richard Lane

    Richard Lane

    Inspector Farraday

  • George E. Stone

    George E. Stone

    The Runt

  • Robert B. Williams

    Robert B. Williams

    Matt Healy

  • Mark Roberts

    Mark Roberts

    George Daley

  • Dorothy Malone

    Dorothy Malone

    Eileen Daley (Uncredited)

  • Joseph Crehan

    Joseph Crehan

    Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)

  • Ben Taggart

    Ben Taggart

    Traffic Cop (Uncredited)

  • Minerva Urecal

    Minerva Urecal

    Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)

  • Constance Purdy

    Constance Purdy

    Woman in Daley's Office (Uncredited)

  • Kenneth Brown

    Kenneth Brown

    Boy (Uncredited)

  • Edward Keane

    Edward Keane

    Police Commissioner Howard (Uncredited)

  • Lyle Latell

    Lyle Latell

    Detective Sergeant Matthews (Uncredited)

  • Billy Lenhart

    Billy Lenhart

    Boy (Uncredited)

  • George Magrill

    George Magrill

    Police Guard (Uncredited)

  • George McKay

    George McKay

    Police Sergeant McNulty (Uncredited)

  • Pat O'Malley

    Pat O'Malley

    Police Sergeant (Uncredited)

  • John Tyrrell

    John Tyrrell

    Austin (Uncredited)

  • Bob Walker

    Bob Walker

    Man in Office with Matthews (Uncredited)