Top billed cast

1. 

   Chester Morris

   Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black

2. 

   Lynn Merrick

   Constance Gloria Mannard

3. 

   Richard Lane

   Insp. John Farraday

4. 

   Frank Sully

   Sgt. Matthews

5. 

   Steve Cochran

   Jack Higgins

6. 

   George E. Stone

   The Runt

7. 

   Lloyd Corrigan

   Arthur Manleder

8. 

   George M. Carleton

   Wilfred Kittridge

9. 

   Edward Keane

   Doctor

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-12-11

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, though, that this is a fake folio - and naturally, our deductive genius concludes that it must be our erstwhile thief. As usual, "Blackie" and his long-suffering factotum "Runt" (George E. Stone), alongside his wealthy but rather bumbling friend "Manleder" (Lloyd Corrigan) have to get to the botto...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• auction
• escaped convict
• murder
• impersonation
• blackface