Meet Boston Blackie
1941 film by Robert Florey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Meet Boston Blackie is a 1941 crime film starring Chester Morris as Boston Blackie,[1] a notorious, but honorable jewel thief. Although the character had been the hero of a number of silent films, this was the first talking picture. It proved popular enough for Columbia Pictures to produce a total of 14 B movies, all starring Morris.[2]
Meet Boston Blackie | |
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Directed by | Robert Florey |
Screenplay by | Jay Dratler |
Story by | Jay Dratler |
Based on | the character created by Jack Boyle |
Produced by | Ralph Cohn (uncredited) |
Starring | Chester Morris Rochelle Hudson Richard Lane Charles Wagenheim |
Cinematography | Franz F. Planer |
Edited by | James Sweeney |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Blackie's sidekick, a diminutive underworld type nicknamed The Runt, was slated for George E. Stone. Stone could not appear in the film, having contracted a virus, and he was replaced by Charles Wagenheim. Stone joined the series in the second film and stayed until 1948, when the series lapsed. (It was revived for one last film in 1949 with Morris, and sidekick Sid Tomack playing "Shorty.")