Boston Blackie Booked On Suspicion.

Duration: 7 reels

Genre: mystery

Year Published: 1945

Creator: Arthur Dreifuss

Credits: Cast: Chester Morris, Lynn Merrick

Copyright: 10May45 L13305, renewed 14Jun72 R530834 Renewal claimant: Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc Original author: Columbia Pictures Corp

Description: Boston Blackie's (Chester Morris) wealthy friend, Arthur Manleder (Lloyd Corrigan), purchases an upscale bookstore from aged Wilfred Kittredge (George M. Carleton), but retains his services as a book expert. With the assistance of store employee Gloria (Lynn Merrick), Blackie runs the auction without a hitch. The centerpiece is a rare first edition of Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers, which goes for $62,000. However, the purchaser discovers that the book is a fake and demands his money back.

Complete Record: BOSTON BLACKIE BOOKED ON SUSPICION. Columbia Pictures Corp., c1945. 7 reels, sd. Credits: Producer, Michel Kraike; director, Arthur Dreifuss; story, Malcolm Stuart Boylan; screenplay, Paul Yawitz; film editor, Richard Fantl. © Columbia Pictures Corp.; 10May45; LP13305.

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