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.

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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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 se...