Boston Blackie - Volume 2: 4-Episode Collection

The character of Boston Blackie, legendary safecracker-turned-sleuth, first appeared in popular short stories penned by author Jack Boyle as early as 1914. He was then portrayed in several silents of the era, followed by a Columbia Boston Blackie film series and two separate radio series during the 1940s. Blackie eventually made his television debut in this 1950s TV series starring Kent Taylor, with Lois Collier as his girlfriend Mary Wesley and Frank Orth as the eternally befuddled Inspector Faraday.

THE FRIENDLY GESTURE: Blackie is racked with guilt after a bank teller who helped him catch a crook is killed by the mob.

101 BLONDE: A window dresser is framed for murder by a gorgeous young actress.

REVENGE: Blackie's life is in danger when a sniper he sent to prison is freed on a technicality.

DEATH DOES A RHUMBA: Blackie follows a trail of murder that leads to a cache of priceless gems.

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