Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

Blackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition at an auction.

Cast

Chester Morris

as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black

Lynn Merrick

as Constance Gloria Mannard

Richard Lane

as Insp. John Farraday

Frank Sully

as Sgt. Matthews

Steve Cochran

as Jack Higgins

George E. Stone

as The Runt

Lloyd Corrigan

as Arthur Manleder

George M. Carleton

as Wilfred Kittridge

Edward Keane

as Doctor

George Lloyd

as Diz

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Is there no end to the suspicions of "Insp. Farraday" (Richard Lane)? If he could, he'd probably have "Blackie" (Chester Morris) down for the Lincoln assassination! Anyway this time around, it's a valuable Charles Dickens first edition that sells at auction for a whopping great $62,000. It turns out...

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