Boston Blackie - Volume 4

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 HEIST JOB: Blackie must prove the innocence of a man he once sent to jail.

INSIDE CRIME: A security guard is accused of being the inside man during an armed robbery.

FALSE FACE: A criminal has plastic surgery to disguise his identity.

HIRED HAND: An escaped mental patient terrorizes a married couple on an isolated farm.

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