Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood

Nov 5, 1942

1h 8m

★ 5.0

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood Trailers

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Cast

Boston Blackie

Chester Morris

Eve Sanders

Adele Mara

Inspector Farraday

Richard Lane

Arthur Manleder

Lloyd Corrigan

Whipper

Forrest Tucker

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