The Phantom Thief
6.4
“Fiction and Radio's thrill idol...at his eeriest best!”
Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. "Blackie" out to help his pal, "Runt," recover some jewels, finds himself involved in the homicides, and also finds himself as the prime suspect, and now has to find the real culprit in order to clear himself. So "Blackie,", a man of many talents and already a proved magician from cases past, shows he knows a little bit about dancing skeletons, walking phantoms and spiritualism himself, and holds a séance to unmask the murderer.
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14 films
Meet Boston Blackie
Movie · 1941
Confessions of Boston Blackie
Movie · 1941
Alias Boston Blackie
Movie · 1942
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
Movie · 1942
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Movie · 1943
The Chance of a Lifetime
Movie · 1943
One Mysterious Night
Movie · 1944
Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
Movie · 1945
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Movie · 1945
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Movie · 1946
The Phantom Thief
Movie · 1946
Boston Blackie and the Law
Movie · 1946
Trapped by Boston Blackie
Movie · 1948
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Movie · 1949
Cast
18 people
Chester Morris
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
Known for
The Big House
The Divorcee
Jeff Donnell
Anne Parks Duncan
Known for
Sweet Smell of Success
In a Lonely Place
D. Ross Lederman
Jack Boyle
John Stone
Known for
Deadlier Than the Male
Richard Lane
Inspector John Farraday
Known for
Hellzapoppin'
Arabian Nights
GA Snow
Dusty Anderson
Sandra
Known for
Cover Girl
Richard Wormser
George E. Stone
The Runt
Known for
Some Like It Hot
Perry Mason
Richard Weil
Frank Sully
Detective Sergeant Matthews
Known for
The Grapes of Wrath
The More the Merrier
D. Ross Lederman Director · Richard Wormser Screenplay Richard Weil Screenplay
United States release May 2, 1946 · Produced in United States
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 2, 1946
Theatrical
Mexico
November 1, 1946
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