Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood

WHAT A MOVING PICTURE...when Blackie moves in on this blonde picture! Hollywood gets a new kind of thrill!

Part of Boston Blackie Collection

1942•1h 8m•5.5/10

CrimeMystery

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.5/10(6)

Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in California. Performing this good deed, he is accused of theft, but is allowed to proceed to Hollywood to help the police find a lost diamond.

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Production

Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Chester Morris

Chester Morris

Boston Blackie

Adele Mara

Adele Mara

Eve Sanders

Richard Lane

Richard Lane

Inspector Farraday

Lloyd Corrigan

Lloyd Corrigan

Arthur Manleder

Forrest Tucker

Forrest Tucker

Whipper

George E. Stone

George E. Stone

The Runt

Cy Kendall

Cy Kendall

Jumbo Madigan

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