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Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

  • 19491949
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 59m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
311
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
158,733
6,522
Richard Lane, Maylia, Don McGuire, Chester Morris, and Joan Woodbury in Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
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Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
311
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
158,733
6,522
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Seymour Friedman
    • Writers
      • Maurice Tombragel(story and screenplay)
      • Jack Boyle(based on character by)
    • Stars
      • Chester Morris
      • Maylia
      • Richard Lane
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Seymour Friedman
    • Writers
      • Maurice Tombragel(story and screenplay)
      • Jack Boyle(based on character by)
    • Stars
      • Chester Morris
      • Maylia
      • Richard Lane
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • Photos6

    Maylia, Chester Morris, and Joan Woodbury in Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
    Richard Lane, Maylia, Chester Morris, and Frank Sully in Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
    Philip Ahn, Richard Lane, Maylia, Chester Morris, and Joan Woodbury in Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
    Philip Ahn, Maylia, Chester Morris, and Joan Woodbury in Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
    Maylia, Chester Morris, and Joan Woodbury in Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)

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    Chester Morris
    Chester Morris
    • Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
    Maylia
    Maylia
    • Mei Ling
    Richard Lane
    Richard Lane
    • Inspector William R. Farraday
    Don McGuire
    Don McGuire
    • Les - the Bus Guide
    Joan Woodbury
    Joan Woodbury
    • Red - the Bar-Girl
    Sid Tomack
    Sid Tomack
    • The Runt
    Frank Sully
    Frank Sully
    • Detective Sergeant Matthews
    Charles Arnt
    Charles Arnt
    • Pop Gerard
    Luis Van Rooten
    • Bill Craddock
    • (as Louis Van Rooten)
    Philip Ahn
    Philip Ahn
    • Wong Chung Shee
    George Barrows
    George Barrows
    • Policeman at Murder Scene
    • (uncredited)
    Brandon Beach
    • Tourist
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Bradley
    • Tourist
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Peter Brocco
    Peter Brocco
    • Rolfe
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Brooks
    • Tourist Sight-Seer
    • (uncredited)
    Spencer Chan
    Spencer Chan
    • Chinese Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Noble 'Kid' Chissell
    Noble 'Kid' Chissell
    • Tourist
    • (uncredited)
    Aen-Ling Chow
    • Movie Theatre Cashier
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Seymour Friedman
    • Writers
      • Maurice Tombragel(story and screenplay)
      • Jack Boyle(based on character by)
    • All cast & crew
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The last of fourteen "Boston Blackie" films starring Chester Morris released by Columbia Pictures from 1941 to 1949.
    • Goofs
      When The Runt knocks out Les (again) and he, Blackie and Mei Ling leave the room and walk down the hall, the camera pushes forward to follow and then a moving shadow of the camera becomes visible on the boxes in the hall to the left.
    • Connections
      Followed by Boston Blackie (1951)
    • Soundtracks
      Meet Boston Blackie
      (uncredited)

      Music by Sidney Cutner

    User reviews13

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Blackie's Farewell
    Well, finally the writers of the 'Boston Blackie' crime adventures that entertained the audience so fabulously for a whole decade DID seem to run out of new ideas; or maybe this kind of crime movie just wasn't 'fashionable' anymore? The VERY long-running 'Charlie Chan' movie series ended the same year...

    Of course, there is some solid suspense and quite a few good jokes in this last case of Blackie's (like when Sergeant Matthews 'keeps an eye' on Blackie walking up and down in his apartment all night - while it's really a cardboard figure tied to a toy train moving around!), and we get a glimpse of New York's Chinatown, where some very shady business is being done - but mostly by white people! It's not one of the best entries in the series, it's REALLY a swan song - but it's still better than many other 'average' crime movies.

    George E. Stone, who had played the 'Runt' in almost all of the movies, is already missing here - and now it's curtains for the series as a whole. One of the most entertaining, inventive and funny crime movie series of all times, with one of the BEST protagonists: Chester Morris, alias Boston Blackie...
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    • Feb 11, 2014

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 2, 1949 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Boston Blackie's Chinese Adventure
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      59 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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