One Mysterious Night

One Mysterious Night

What Happened to the Fabulous Diamond "Blue Star of the Nile"?...

Part of Boston Blackie Collection

1944•1h 1m•5.9/10

MysteryCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.9/10(11)

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.

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Production

Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Chester Morris

Chester Morris

Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black

Janis Carter

Janis Carter

Dorothy Anderson

William Wright

William Wright

Paul Martens

Richard Lane

Richard Lane

Inspector Farraday

George E. Stone

George E. Stone

The Runt

Robert B. Williams

Robert B. Williams

Matt Healy

Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts

George Daley

Dorothy Malone

Dorothy Malone

Eileen Daley (Uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

Joseph Crehan

Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)

Ben Taggart

Ben Taggart

Traffic Cop (Uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

Minerva Urecal

Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)

Constance Purdy

Constance Purdy

Woman in Daley's Office (Uncredited)

Ed Allen

Policeman (Uncredited)

Kenneth Brown

Kenneth Brown

Boy (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)

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