Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Mar 2, 1949

0h 59m

★ 5.6

Murder in Chinatown

Overview

Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black

Chester Morris

Mei Ling

Maylia Fong

Red, the Bar-Girl

Joan Woodbury

Les, the Bus Guide

Don McGuire

Inspector William R. Farraday

Richard Lane

The Runt

Sid Tomack

Sergeant Matthews

Frank Sully

Pop Gerard

Charles Arnt

Bill Craddock (as Louis Van Rooten)

Luis van Rooten

Wong Chung Shee

Philip Ahn

Ah Hing

Benson Fong

Victor Sen Yung

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