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Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture poster
Directed by
Seymour Friedman
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
59 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former jewel thief named Boston Blackie gets pulled into a mystery involving a Chinese artifact. He works with his friend to solve the crime before the police can pin it on him.

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What happens

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture is a 1949 mystery film directed by Seymour Friedman, starring Chester Morris. This was the last of Columbia's 14 Boston Blackie pictures (1941–49). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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