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Writers:
Jack Boyle (character)
Jay Dratler (story)
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Release Date:
20 February 1941 (USA) more
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Tagline:
1941'S HEADLINE MENACE! (original print media ad - all caps)
Plot:
When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring. | add synopsis
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Ingrid Pitt Pays Tribute To Boston Blackie
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First of the Boston Blackie movies is a good start... more (14 total)

Cast

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Chester Morris ... Boston Blackie
Rochelle Hudson ... Cecelia Bradley
Richard Lane ... Inspector Faraday
Charles Wagenheim ... The Runt
Constance Worth ... Marilyn Howard
Jack O'Malley ... Monk
George Magrill ... Georgie
Michael Rand ... Mechanical Man
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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min (copyright length) (TCM print)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #7045) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)

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Trivia:
The character, "Boston Blackie," was first used in a story, "Boston Blackie's Mary," by Jack Boyle, in Red Book Magazine, published November 1917. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Blackie uses a round-back chair to lock Cecelia in her wall bed. When the police arrive and free her, they remove a different square-back arm chair. more
Quotes:
Insp. Farraday: I couldn't find your name on the passenger list.
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black: No, no, I'm using my maiden name.
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Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves) more

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4 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
First of the Boston Blackie movies is a good start..., 28 March 2007
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Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

CHESTER MORRIS and ROCHELLE HUDSON star in the first of the Boston Blacie series from Columbia, MEET BOSTON BLACKIE.

Inspector Farraday (RICHARD LANE) is Blackie's old friend. They run into each other aboard a steamship where Blackie finds a murdered man in his stateroom. A mysterious blonde (an international spy) is what Blackie has to follow and there's an amusement park scene that involves The Tunnel of Horrors and a Mechanical Man before the woman is murdered and he meets up with Rochelle Hudson.

With Farraday on his trail, Blackie has to prove that he's not the murderer even though his fingerprints were at the scene of the blonde's murder. With the spy element established, it seems that the Morse Code abounds everywhere in the plot, readily interpreted by one and all.

Spies, murder and an amusement park background makes for a lively little Boston Blackie caper.

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