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About
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday recruits former thief Boston Blackie to retrieve 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 trick their way to discovering the perpetrators.
Theatrical
Oct 21, 1944
Cast
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Chester Morris
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
J
Janis Carter
Dorothy Anderson
W
William Wright
Paul Martens
R
Richard Lane
Inspector Farraday
G
George E. Stone
The Runt
R
Robert B. Williams
Matt Healy
M
Mark Roberts
George Daley
D
Dorothy Malone
Eileen Daley (Uncredited)
J
Joseph Crehan
Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
B
Ben Taggart
Traffic Cop (Uncredited)
M
Minerva Urecal
Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
C
Constance Purdy
Woman in Daley's Office (Uncredited)
K
Kenneth Brown
Boy (Uncredited)
E
Early Cantrell
Margaret Dean (Uncredited)
L
Lew Davis
Exhibit Attendee (Uncredited)
E
Edythe Elliott
Mother (Uncredited)
J
Jack Gardner
Frank (Uncredited)
F
Fred Graff
Reporter (Uncredited)
H
Harrison Greene
Arthur Manleder (Uncredited)
F
Fred Howard
Reporter (Uncredited)
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...
