Columbia Pictures
Boston Blackie Collection
One Mysterious Night
What Happened to the Fabulous Diamond "Blue Star of the Nile"?...
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.
- Original title
- One Mysterious Night
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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CinemaSerf
Nov 30, 2024 · via TMDB
To help raise funds for the war effort, a collection of jewels is being displayed at a posh hotel. That's manna from heaven for a thief and when the famous "Blue Star of the Nile" diamond goes walkabouts and "Blackie" (Chester Morris) is found in the vicinity, well then what else might "Insp. Faraday" (Richard Lane) do but accuse his long-term, if almost always helpful, nemesis. Of course we know all along what's going on, but it's going to be down to "Blackie" and the ever reliable "Runt" (George E. Stone) to clear their names and help the police so that they all find out who did the pinching and retrieve the priceless stone. None of this is really helped by the tenacious journalist "Dorothy" (Janis Carter) who is determined to get the story and who has some useful distractions in her arsenal to trick people into helping her, or giving her information. Though it's perfectly watchable for an hour, this is not one of the more memorable outings from our comedy sleuths, and the story doesn't really give Morris so much opportunity to impose his usually wise-cracking charisma on the proceedings either. Dorothy Malone features sparingly but adds little as the procedural drama does it's job, but not much more, as it reminds the audience to chip in for the war effort.
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Chester Morris
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
Janis Carter
Dorothy Anderson
William Wright
Paul Martens
Richard Lane
Inspector Farraday
George E. Stone
The Runt
Robert B. Williams
Matt Healy
Mark Roberts
George Daley
Dorothy Malone
Eileen Daley (Uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
Ben Taggart
Traffic Cop (Uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
Constance Purdy
Woman in Daley's Office (Uncredited)
Kenneth Brown
Boy (Uncredited)
Edward Keane
Police Commissioner Howard (Uncredited)
Lyle Latell
Detective Sergeant Matthews (Uncredited)
Billy Lenhart
Boy (Uncredited)
George Magrill
Police Guard (Uncredited)
George McKay
Police Sergeant McNulty (Uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
John Tyrrell
Austin (Uncredited)
Bob Walker
Man in Office with Matthews (Uncredited)
Budd Boetticher
Director
Ted Richmond
Producer
Charon
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