Boston Blackie and the Law

Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)Cast and Crew

Movie"A WOMAN WHO WORKED AT MURDER!"

Cast

C
Chester Morris
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
T
Trudy Marshall
as Irene
C
Constance Dowling
as Dinah Moran
R
Richard Lane
as Inspector Farraday
G
George E. Stone
as The Runt
F
Frank Sully
as Sgt. Matthews
W
Warren Ashe
as John Lampau, alias John Jani
S
Selmer Jackson
as Warden Lund
W
Wanda Perry
as Secretary (uncredited)

Crew

D
D. Ross Lederman
Director
T
Ted Richmond
Producer
J
James Sweeney
Editor
H
Harry Essex
Screenplay
M
Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Additional Dialogue
M
Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
J
Jack Boyle
Characters
C
Charles Clague
Art Direction
W
William F. Calvert
Set Decoration
G
George Meehan
Director of Photography

Boston Blackie Collection

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.