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The Silk Lined Burglar
The Silk Lined Burglar

The Silk Lined Burglar

It's the Newest Boston Blackie Story

Genres

Mystery

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Gentleman crook Boston Blackie answers a want ad for an expert safecracker placed by Doris Macon, who claims a moral right to the safe's contents. She hires Blackie, and they break into the house where the safe is kept. Blackie blows up the safe just as owner Captain von Hoffmeier returns home. Doris disappears with papers from inside the safe, while Blackie takes phonograph records, which, when played with a special needle, reveal secrets that implicate von Hoffmeier as a German political spy.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

60 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

31 March 1919

Country

United States of America

Cast

Priscilla Dean

Priscilla Dean

Doris Macon

Ashton Dearholt

Ashton Dearholt

Robert Melchoir

Sam De Grasse

Sam De Grasse

Boston Blackie

Sam Appel

Sam Appel

Michael Delano

Lillian West

Lillian West

Mary

Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

Capt. von Hoffmeier

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