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Review: Boston Blackie’s Rendezvous (1945)

Review: Boston Blackie’s Rendezvous (1945)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Sep 27th 2014

As he and his sidekick The Runt (George E. Stone) settle in for the night, Horatio “Boston Blackie” Black (Chester Morris)
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Review: Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (1945)

Review: Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (1945)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Aug 21st 2014

Businessman Arthur Manleder (Lloyd Corrigan) has just acquired a rare book store from owner Wilfred Kittredge (George M. Ca
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Review: One Mysterious Night (1944)

Review: One Mysterious Night (1944)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 25th 2014

It costs only a dollar—1/100th of a C-note—to gaze at a display of precious gems at the Carleton Plaza Hotel, an event that
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Review: The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)

Review: The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 14th 2014

With the manpower shortage during World War II, reformed safecracker-jewel thief Horatio “Boston Blackie” Black (Chester Mo
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Review: After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)

Review: After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 20th 2014

Jewel thief “Diamond” Ed Barnaby (Walter Baldwin) has just been paroled from prison, and his loving daughter Betty (Ann Sav
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Review: Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)

Review: Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 23rd 2014

Though the title of the fourth entry in Columbia’s Boston Blackie series—which stars Chester Morris as reformed safecracker
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