Boston Blackie

FORMAT: (1) MP3 DVD / (5) MP3 CDs

Boston Blackie, the suave crook-turned-detective created by pulp writer Jack Boyle, had been popping up sporadically in films for nearly two decades by the time Columbia launched its "Boston Blackie" series in 1941. Chester Morris stars as the title character, Horatio "Boston Blackie" Black, as a former professional thief now working as a sort of freelance adventurer/detective. Blackie, just barely on the right side of the law, preferred not to get too involved with the police. "Meet Boston Blackie" is the first of fourteen Boston Blackie films that began the new adventures of Boston Blackie. The series evolves Blackie from a thief and underworld criminal into a new character that turns out to be very interesting and entertaining. Richard Lane, who plays Boston's long-suffering Inspector Farraday, was the only other character in all fourteen of the Boston Blackie movies. George E. Stone, playing Blackie's sidekick, his dim-witted cronie The Runt, was not in the first or last film but was in all the others. Charles Wagenheim played The Runt in the first film and Sid Tomack in the last. Another of the reoccuring fun characters is the irrepresible Arthur Manleder, the adventurous millionaire played by Lloyd Corrigan in some of the films. Boston Blackie was one of Columbia's most profitable film series.

Note: You likely seen other listings or offerings quoting as many as 250 episodes. These collections often include duplicates or non episode content. Look closely at the episode list and you'll find several duplicates to "fluff" the list. This set contains all of the known existing episodes of this classic show

Episode List

10th Street Gym and Stolen Car Ring
50,000 Dollar Necklace
50,000 Dollars for Blackie
50,000 Dollars in Bonds to Be Divided
7 Years Bad Luck for Florence Wells
A Boat In The Street
A New Face for Joe Harvey
A Vase Leads to Murder
Aggie Rogers Murder
Alibi Time
Amadon Pearls
Amnesia Victim
Archie Grant's Club 77
Atkins, Jewel Thief
Baseball and Gambling
Bill Crane, Attorney
Black Market Blackie (aka-Black Market Meat Ring)
Blackie and Mary Go to Canyon Dude Ranch
Blackie and the Fur Thefts
Blackie Breaks into Prison
Blackie Framed for Killing John Cummings
Blackie Goes to Jail for Diamond Theft
Blackie Jilts Mary
Blackie Kidnapped
Blackie Loves Helen
Blackie Shoots a Watchman
Blackie Steals Necklace for Charity
Blackie's Body in Wax
Blackie's Car Kills a Woman
Blood on Blackie's Sleeve
Bobby Rogers to Be Executed
Boxer's Murder Case
Broken Clock Murder
Buckley Protection Agency
Burning His House Behind Him
Carl Browning Cleaning Shop
Carl Grady, Golf Instructor
Case of the Exploding Car
Charity Gambling Ring
Clyde Winston, Photographer
Cobb's Trucking Company
Copy of The Diamond Bracelet
Counterfeit Sweepstakes Racket
Cover up for Mary
Crooked Carver Brother
Dead Aunt Sarah
Death Comes to the Harmonica Man
Death Wish
Diamonds Stolen from Kingston
Disappearing Fourth Floor
Dolly Preston Calls for Help
Duke Murders Jo Jo
Dynamite Thompson and Jack Morgan, Contractors
Eva Cronin Is Stalked
Evelyn Jones Murder
Fake Accident Racket
Farady Shot
Fifty Dollar Shoeshine
Five Bullets in Don Anderson
Framed By A Film
Fred Palmer's Dock Racket
Gambler Joe Garland Killed
Granny's Witchcraft
Harry Benson Murders His Wife
Harry Walker Murdered
Horseroom Thefts
Hypnotic Murder
Imperial Oil Company Racket
Insurance and Wrecked Cars
Invention Worth Killing For
Jack Small Alias Bill Bigelow
Jackie Meer's Prison Break
Jacques Pierre and the Diamonds
Jailbirds Murdoch and Dawson
Jealous Partners and Arson
Jerry Williams Fixed Court Case
Jewelry Store Owner Is Killed for a Watch
Joe Adams Drowned
Joe Crain, Hired Killer
Joe Delivers the Goods
Joe Gates Murdered on Sightseeing Tour
Joe Nelson's Pet Shop Gambling Scheme
John Frawley Reads That He Is Dead
Johnny Burns' Imported Wool
Kidnapped Murderer
Kid's Killing
Killer Lightning
Kingston and the 15-Story Disappearing Office Building
Kingston Unlucky At Cards
Larry the Kid vs Savinni
Lee Chow Murdered
Lighthouse Ghost
Ma Vie Perfume
Madame Zina, Fortune Teller
Marked Money
Mary at Sea
Mary Disappears
Mary, Registered Nurse
Mid-Air Diamond Theft
Millicent Bromley Kidnapped
Mrs Boston Blackie
Mrs George Trilling's Maid Is Murdered
Mrs Peterson's Insurance Policy
Murder Aboard Ship
Murder at the Circus
Murder at the Movies
Murder at the Rodeo
Murder in the Music Room
Murder in the Piano Room
Murder Incorporated
Murder of John Austin
Murder Of John Walters
Murder on Cedar Street
Murder on the Trapeze
Murdered Show Dog Owner
Nobody At The Door
Old 86 Is Missing
Old Man Graham's Wife
Only One Way out for Me
Open Season on Henry Williams
Oscar Wolfe, Troublemaker
Phonograph Murder
Pierre, the Designer
Poetry in My Soul
Professor Beasley Is Murdered
Pudgy and the Stolen Tire Racket
Reynolds and the Stolen Goods
Richard Allistar Disappears in Vacant Lot
Richard's Diamond Case
Riding Stable
Robertson Poisons Wife Beverly over the Telephone
Sam Bellows Is Dead
Sam Fisher's Past
Simmons Construction Murder
Spy Ring (aka-Alice Manleder, Dead or Alive)
Star of the Nile
Steal or Be Killed
Stolen Rings At Christmas
The Abbott Painting
The Apartment Swindler
The Armored Car Murder Case
The Backstage Murder
The Baseball Player Murder
The Blaine Brothers Pawn Shop Murder
The Bombing of Joe Ingalls
The Brandon Jewel Robbery
The Bus to Valley Junction
The Butcher Boy Gang
The Case of the Three-Way Split
The Condon Ransom
The Derailed Gold Train
The Devon Caretaker Murder (aka-The Caretaker Of Devon Estate)
The Diamond Smugglers
The Disappearing Body
The Disappearing Plane
The Escaped Prisoner
The Frances Fielding Murder
The Ghost of Florence Newton
The Hooded Gang Protection Racket
The Jim Williams Inheritance Case
The Jonathan Diamond (aka-The Rockwell Diamond)
The Larry Brown Case
The Lenny Powell Murder
The Manletter Bank Case (aka-Fifty Hunter Street)
The Masters Diamond
The Merry-Go-Round Murder
The Missing String of Pearls (aka-Old Lady Forced To Steal)
The Murdered Sword Swallower
The Murdered Truck Driver
The Murdering Cuckoo Clock
The Murdock Gang Strikes
The Old Shoe Clue
The Peters Mix-Up
The Professor and Rufus Rob the Bank Safe
The Randolph Construction Gang Bank Robbery
The Record Collector
The Rockwell Diamond
The Search for Jim Gary
The Skating Rink Murders
The Stolen Car Ring
The Stolen Rare Book
The Twin Murders
The Undersea Murder
The Valuable Door Buzzer
The Wentworth Diamonds
The William Larson Extortion Murder Case
The Winthrop Jewel Robberies
The Worthington Ghost
The Worthington Pearls
Tom Evers Murder with an Alibi
Tom Walton Escapes
TV Poisoning
Uncle Bill Blaine's Legacy
Uncle Frank Murdered by Joe Parker
Voice Impersonator
Where Oh Where Has My Mary Gone
Who Killed John Davis
Wind Blows West
Wrestling Ring Murder