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One Mysterious Night (1944)

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One Mysterious Night
NR 1 hr 1 minOct 21st, 1944Crime, MysteryBoston Blackie Collection PosterPart of Boston Blackie Collection
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
StarringChester MorrisJanis CarterWilliam Wright
DirectorBudd Boetticher
WritersPaul YawitzJack Boyle

Cast & Crew

Chester Morris
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
Janis Carter
as Dorothy Anderson
William Wright
as Paul Martens
Richard Lane
as Inspector Farraday

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:October 21st, 1944
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Columbia Pictures
Movie Tags:investigation, robbery

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.