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Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)Cast and Crew

Movie"Murder in Chinatown"

Cast

C
Chester Morris
as Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
M
Maylia Fong
as Mei Ling
J
Joan Woodbury
as Red, the Bar-Girl
D
Don McGuire
as Les, the Bus Guide
R
Richard Lane
as Inspector William R. Farraday
S
Sid Tomack
as The Runt
F
Frank Sully
as Sergeant Matthews
C
Charles Arnt
as Pop Gerard
L
Luis van Rooten
as Bill Craddock (as Louis Van Rooten)
P
Philip Ahn
as Wong Chung Shee
B
Benson Fong
as Ah Hing
V
Victor Sen Yung
P
Peter Brocco
as Rolfe
H
Harry Strang
as Mac
P
Pat O'Malley
as Officer Jim
E
Edgar Dearing
as Reiber

Crew

R
Rudolph Flothow
Producer
R
Richard Fantl
Editor
S
Seymour Friedman
Director
V
Vincent J. Farrar
Director of Photography
M
Maurice Tombragel
Story
M
Maurice Tombragel
Screenplay

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.