Storyline
A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston Blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the law makes him an easy target for the police. When the body disappears, Blackie must find it to prove his innocence.
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Top Cast
Chester Morris
Boston Blackie
Harriet Nelson
Diane Parrish
Richard Lane
Inspector John Farraday
George E. Stone
The Runt
Lloyd Corrigan
Arthur Manleder
Joan Woodbury
Mona
Walter Sande
Detective Mathews
Ralph Theodore
Joe Buchanan
Kenneth MacDonald
Caulder
Walter Soderling
Joseph Allison
William Benedict
Ice Cream Man
Harry Depp
Bigsby
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CinemaSerf
December 9, 2023
6 / 10
Amidst the auction of a full sized statue - worth some $50,000 - a man is killed! Unfortunately for our hero, who mistakenly returned fire in a room full of people, he is the number one target for "Insp. Farraday" (Richard Lane) and his nice-but-dim cohort "Matthews" (Walter Sande). The next hour sees the quick-tongued Chester Morris and "The Runt" (George E. Stone) trying to prove his innocence and apprehend the true culprits - and that involves a secret hideout, quite a conspiracy and an unique method of disposing of a corpse! Harriet Nelson provides the glamour but not a great deal more as "Diane" and the whole thing gradually reaches a degree of preposterousness that wouldn't pose a solving problem for a five year old child. There was never any jeopardy with these, but this one really does take the biscuit on the daftness front and I enjoyed it.
