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About
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.
Theatrical
Jan 24, 1946
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 Cosmopoli...
Cast
Full credits →C
Chester Morris
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black / Cyrus Peyton
L
Lynn Merrick
Geraldine 'Gerry' Peyton
R
Richard Lane
Inspector Farraday
F
Frank Sully
Sgt. Matthews
G
George E. Stone
The Runt
C
Claire Carleton
Mamie Kirwin
R
Russell Hicks
Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
C
Charles Lane
Hack Hagen (uncredited)
E
Erik Rolf
Smiley Slade (uncredited)
J
John Tyrrell
Policeman (uncredited)
E
Emmett Vogan
Coroner (uncredited)
W
Wanda Perry
Tenant in Hallway (uncredited)
