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Created by pulp writer Jack Boyle, Boston Blackie was a reformed thief who always found himself accused of crimes he had nothing to do with (think of him as a blue-collar Lone Wolf). Chester Morris played him in 14 fast-moving comedy-mysteries, and in this, the last of the series, Blackie is accused of murdering a Chinese laundry owner. With perennial nemeses Insp. Farraday (Richard Lane) and Sgt. Matthews (Frank Sully) on his tail, Blackie and sidekick The Runt (Sid Tomack) are once again in a deadly race to clear themselves before their fortune cookies are permanently crumbled. Don McGuire, Joan Woodbury, Philip Ahn, Benson Fong, Victor Sen Yung and the beauteous Maylia (Fong's wife) co-star. Don't expect the typical Hollywood stereotypes to be trotted out for this one; there are some incredibly incisive and humorous observations about 1940s race relations wrapped into this comic adventure. Newly remastered.
Original Release
03/02/1949
US Release
03/02/1949
Cast
Name | Character |
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Chester Morris | Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black |
Maylia | Mei Ling |
Richard Lane | Inspector William R. Farraday |
Don McGuire | Les - the Bus Guide / Les, the Bus Guide |
Joan Woodbury | Red - the Bar-Girl / Red, the Bar-Girl |
Sid Tomack | The Runt |
Frank Sully | Detective Sergeant Matthews / Sergeant Matthews |
Charles Arnt | Pop Gerard |
Luis van Rooten | Bill Craddock / Bill Craddock (as Louis Van Rooten) |
Philip Ahn | Wong Chung Shee |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Chester Morris | Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black |
Maylia | Mei Ling |
Richard Lane | Inspector William R. Farraday |
Don McGuire | Les - the Bus Guide / Les, the Bus Guide |
Joan Woodbury | Red - the Bar-Girl / Red, the Bar-Girl |
Sid Tomack | The Runt |
Frank Sully | Detective Sergeant Matthews / Sergeant Matthews |
Charles Arnt | Pop Gerard |
Luis van Rooten | Bill Craddock / Bill Craddock (as Louis Van Rooten) |
Philip Ahn | Wong Chung Shee |
George Barrows | Policeman at Murder Scene |
Brandon Beach | Tourist |
Paul Bradley | Tourist / Sight-seer |
Peter Brocco | Rolfe |
Ralph Brooks | Tourist Sight-Seer |
Spencer Chan | Chinese Townsman |
Noble 'Kid' Chissell | Tourist |
Aen-Ling Chow | Movie Theatre Cashier |
Edgar Dearing | Reiber - Policeman |
Benson Fong | Ah Hing - Wong's Sales Clerk |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Rudolph C. Flothow | Producer |