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Boston Blackie
Description
Boston Blackie follows Jack Boyle's reformed thief turned radio-era detective, recast from antihero into a private investigator who helps people without friends.
Boston Blackie is a fictional character created by author Jack Boyle (1881–1928). Blackie was originally depicted as a jewel thief and safecracker in Boyle's stories, an antihero who maintained his own code of honor and was fiercely loyal to friends. Blackie's image was softened for radio, film and television depictions, where he became a private detective and was described as an "enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend."
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Showtimes
Original schedule
- 194410:00 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
Cast & Crew
G
Glenn Riggs
Announcer
Harlow Wilcox
Announcer
LLarry Elliott
Announcer
Bill Zuckert
Cast
MMort Lawrence
Cast
Santos Ortega
Cast
J
Jeanne K. Harrison
Director
C
Charlie Paul
Organist
Chester Morris
Boston Blackie
FFrank Lovejoy
Played Villians
F
Frank Orth
Inspector Faraday
H
JHenry 'Hank' Sylvern
Organist
Jack Boyle
Based on his books
Jan Miner
Mary Wesley
Lesley Woods
Mary Wesley
LLew White
Boston Blackie Theme
Maurice Tarplin
Inspector Farraday
Richard Kollmar
Boston Blackie
RRichard Lane
Inspector Faraday
Tony Barrett
Shorty
K
Ken 'Kenny' Lyons
Writer
R
Ralph Rosenberg
Writer
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“Today's Radio Program.” New York Times, January 1, 1927.