Mystery Crime
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.
Directed by
Budd Boetticher
Written by
Jack Boyle, Paul Yawitz
George E. Stone
The Runt
Chester Morris
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
Joseph Crehan
Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
Janis Carter
Dorothy Anderson
Richard Lane
Inspector Farraday
Minerva Urecal
Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
Bob Walker
Man in Office with Matthews (Uncredited)
John Tyrrell
Austin (Uncredited)
Edward Keane
Police Commissioner Howard (Uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Matt Healy
Lyle Latell
Detective Sergeant Matthews (Uncredited)
Dorothy Malone
Eileen Daley (Uncredited)
Mark Roberts
George Daley
George Magrill
Police Guard (Uncredited)
Ben Taggart
Traffic Cop (Uncredited)
George McKay
Police Sergeant McNulty (Uncredited)
Billy Lenhart
Boy (Uncredited)
Constance Purdy
Woman in Daley's Office (Uncredited)
William Wright
Paul Martens
Kenneth Brown
Boy (Uncredited)
Ed Allen
Policeman (Uncredited)
Early Cantrell
Margaret Dean (Uncredited)
Lew Davis
Exhibit Attendee (Uncredited)
Edythe Elliott
Mother (Uncredited)
Jack Gardner
Frank (Uncredited)
Fred Graff
Reporter (Uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Arthur Manleder (Uncredited)
Fred Howard
Reporter (Uncredited)
Dick Jensen
Policeman (Uncredited)
Henry Jordan
Reporter (Uncredited)
Tom Kingston
News Photographer (Uncredited)
Anne Loos
Newsstand Clerk (Uncredited)
Cy Malis
Policeman (Uncredited)
Cecil Weston
Mother (Uncredited)

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