Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion

A Beautiful Girl Turns Killer and Blackie is Taking the Rap!

NR 1945 · 66 min · ★ 5.8 · Crime, Mystery

Blackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition at an auction.

Directed by Arthur Dreifuss · Written by Paul Yawitz

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