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Boston Blackie is a fictional character created by author Jack Boyle (1881–1928). Blackie was originally depicted as a jewel thief and safecracker in Boyle's stories, and became a private detective in adaptations for films, radio and television where he was described as an "enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend."
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Meet Boston Blackie is a 1941 American mystery crime film directed by Robert Florey starring Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Lane. Morris plays Boston Blackie, [1] a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture.
Boston Blackie is an American syndicated television detective drama that was released in September 1951, with 58 episodes produced through 1953. [1] Background
Confessions of Boston Blackie is a 1941 American mystery crime film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Chester Morris, Harriet Hilliard and Richard Lane. [1] A woman consigns a family heirloom to a pair of unscrupulous art dealers in order to raise money to help her sick brother.
It is one of 14 films made by Columbia Pictures involving detective Boston Blackie, a criminal-turned-crime solver. This was the sixth in the series and one of three that did not have his name in the title. The film is also William Castle's directorial debut. As with many of the films of the period, this was a flag waver to support America's ...
Through the Dark is a 1924 American silent mystery crime drama film directed by George W. Hill, and starring Colleen Moore and Forrest Stanley as the popular jewel thief and sometimes detective character Boston Blackie.
The Boston Blackie radio program was an adaptation of the Boston Blackie stories written by Jack Boyle. [2] Blackie was a reformed criminal who devoted his efforts to catching criminals. The opening of each episode describe him as "enemy to those who make him an enemy — friend to those who have no friend". [ 3 ]