Jack Boyle's stories first appeared in the early 20th Century. "The Price of Principle" was a short story in the July 1914 issue of The American Magazine. Boyle's character also turned up in Cosmopolitan. In 1917, Redbook published the novelette "Boston Blackie’s Mary," and the magazine brought the character back with "The Heart of the Lily" (February, 1921). Boyle's stories were collected in the book Boston Blackie (1919), which was reprinted in 1979 by Gregg Press. Boyle died in 1928. [edit]Films The earliest film adaptations were silent, dating from 1918 to 1927. Columbia Pictures revived the property in 1941 with Meet Boston Blackie, a fast, 58-minute "B" feature starring Chester Morris. Although the running time was brief, Columbia gave the picture good production values and an imaginative director (Robert Florey). The film was successful, and a series followed.
14 films
Meet Boston Blackie
1941
Confessions of Boston Blackie
1941
Alias Boston Blackie
1942
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
1942
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943
The Chance of a Lifetime
1943
Watching
One Mysterious Night
1944
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
1945
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
1945
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946
The Phantom Thief
1946
Boston Blackie and the Law
1946
Trapped by Boston Blackie
1948
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
1949
Budd Boetticher (Director) · Paul Yawitz (Writer) · Jack Boyle (Writer)
Chester Morris
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
Janis Carter
Dorothy Anderson
William Wright
Paul Martens
Richard Lane
Inspector Farraday
George E. Stone
The Runt
Robert B. Williams
Matt Healy
Mark Roberts
George Daley
Dorothy Malone
Eileen Daley (Uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
Ben Taggart
Traffic Cop (Uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
Constance Purdy
Woman in Daley's Office (Uncredited)
Ed Allen
Policeman (Uncredited)
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)
Fred Howard
Reporter (Uncredited)
Dick Jensen
Policeman (Uncredited)
Henry Jordan
Reporter (Uncredited)
Edward Keane
Police Commissioner Howard (Uncredited)
Tom Kingston
News Photographer (Uncredited)
Lyle Latell
Detective Sergeant Matthews (Uncredited)
Billy Lenhart
Boy (Uncredited)
Anne Loos
Newsstand Clerk (Uncredited)
George Magrill
Police Guard (Uncredited)
Cy Malis
Policeman (Uncredited)
George McKay
Police Sergeant McNulty (Uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
John Tyrrell
Austin (Uncredited)
Bob Walker
Man in Office with Matthews (Uncredited)
Cecil Weston
Mother (Uncredited)
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After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday recruits former thief Boston Blackie to retrieve 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 trick their way to discovering the perpetrators.
