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One Mysterious Night (1944)

One Mysterious Night poster
Directed by
Budd Boetticher
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 01m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A former crook named Boston Blackie is asked to find a stolen diamond. He uses his old tricks to track down the thief.

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What happens

One Mysterious Night is a 1944 crime film, the seventh in a Columbia Pictures series of fourteen starring Chester Morris as reformed crook Boston Blackie. It was preceded by The Chance of a Lifetime and followed by Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion. Blackie is called upon to recover a stolen diamond. The film is noteworthy as the directorial debut of Budd Boetticher, though he is credited under his real name, Oscar Boetticher Jr. He had been working at Columbia as an assistant director on such films as The Desperadoes and Cover Girl. He had been called in to help complete films but called this his "first real picture". He helmed four more B-pictures before leaving the studio in 1945. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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