Confessions of Boston Blackie

12/8/19411h 5m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ BLACKIE'S ON THE TRAIL OF STOLEN TREASURE... A fabulous treasure... 2,000 years old ! And a luscious treasure old enough to kiss ! ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Edward Dmytryk

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

taxi driver
auction
murder
radio series
boston blackie

Cast

Chester Morris

~ as ~

Boston Blackie

Harriet Nelson

~ as ~

Diane Parrish

Richard Lane

~ as ~

Inspector John Farraday

George E. Stone

~ as ~

The Runt

Lloyd Corrigan

~ as ~

Arthur Manleder

Joan Woodbury

~ as ~

Mona

Walter Sande

~ as ~

Detective Mathews

Ralph Theodore

~ as ~

Joe Buchanan

Kenneth MacDonald

~ as ~

Caulder

Walter Soderling

~ as ~

Joseph Allison

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
Amidst the auction of a full sized statue - worth some $50,000 - a man is killed! Unfortunately for our hero, who mistakenly returned fire in a room full of people, he is the number one target for "Insp. Farraday" (Richard Lane) and his nice-but-dim cohort "Matthews" (Walter Sande). The next hour sees the quick-tongued Chester Morris and "The Runt" (George E. Stone) trying to prove his innocence and apprehend the true culprits - and that involves a secret hideout, quite a conspiracy and an unique method of disposing of a corpse! Harriet Nelson provides the glamour but not a great deal more as "Diane" and the whole thing gradually reaches a degree of preposterousness that wouldn't pose a solving problem for a five year old child. There was never any jeopardy with these, but this one really does take the biscuit on the daftness front and I enjoyed it.