Meet Boston Blackie

The Naked City

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

The Naked City

1948 · Movie

5.9

The Quiller Memorandum

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.

The Quiller Memorandum

1966 · Movie

6.5

The Blue Gardenia

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.

The Blue Gardenia

1953 · Movie

6.6

Conflict

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

Conflict

1945 · Movie

7.1

Murder Most Foul

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.

Murder Most Foul

1964 · Movie

6.9

Nightfall

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

Nightfall

1956 · Movie

5.8

Perfect Sisters

Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.

Perfect Sisters

2014 · Movie

7.1

Another Thin Man

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

Another Thin Man

1939 · Movie

Wrong Cops

A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.

Wrong Cops

2013 · Movie

The Damned Don't Cry

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

The Damned Don't Cry

1950 · Movie

6.9

Plunder Road

A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

Plunder Road

1957 · Movie

6.6

Time Without Pity

Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”

Time Without Pity

1957 · Movie

Shadow of the Thin Man

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941 · Movie

On the Town

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

On the Town

1949 · Movie

6.2

Black Widow

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.

Black Widow

1987 · Movie

Footsteps in the Fog

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

Footsteps in the Fog

1955 · Movie

Maniac

When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

Maniac

1963 · Movie

6.6

The Glass Key

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

The Glass Key

1942 · Movie

The Man Who Cheated Himself

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

The Man Who Cheated Himself

1950 · Movie

6.9

Evil Under the Sun

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.

Evil Under the Sun

1982 · Movie

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The Mark of the Whistler

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.

The Mark of the Whistler

1944 · Movie

Missing Millions

A girl seeks revenge after a Wall Street broker had falsely accused her father and sent him unjustly to prison.

Missing Millions

1922 · Movie

Boston Blackie

Boston Blackie is a former prison inmate campaigning to outlaw Warden Benton's infamous "Water Cross" torture. Benton, however, is successful in his attempt to have Blackie arrested and returned to the prison, but his evil schemes are ultimately thwarted by Mary Carter, Blackie's girlfriend, who manages to alert the governor. Considered a lost film.

Boston Blackie

1923 · Movie

5.5

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

Famed detective and crime novelist Ellery Queen solves a case involving the suspicious death of a rich man whose inheritors fight over his estate.

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

1940 · Movie

5.9

One Mysterious Night

After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.

One Mysterious Night

1944 · Movie

6.5

Trapped by Boston Blackie

Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be guarding it.

Trapped by Boston Blackie

1948 · Movie

5.2

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

Amateur sleuth Ellery Queen learns the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters.

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

1942 · Movie

5.6

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

1943 · Movie

4.7

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous

1945 · Movie

Boston Blackie and the Law

Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape.

Boston Blackie and the Law

1946 · Movie

5.0

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood

Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and deliver it to him in California. Performing this good deed, he is accused of theft, but is allowed to proceed to Hollywood to help the police find a lost diamond.

Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood

1942 · Movie

5.6

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.

Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture

1949 · Movie

Confessions of Boston Blackie

A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston Blackie, whose reputation for living on the edge of the law makes him an easy target for the police. When the body disappears, Blackie must find it to prove his innocence.

Confessions of Boston Blackie

1941 · Movie

5.8

Whistling in the Dark

Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.

Whistling in the Dark

1941 · Movie

6.2

The Chance of a Lifetime

A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.

The Chance of a Lifetime

1943 · Movie

5.3

The Phantom Thief

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.

The Phantom Thief

1946 · Movie

5.5

The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery

The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series of murders in which the killer uses the programme to name his victims in advance. Two reporters spot a link between them and enlist the aid of the panel in trapping the guilty party.

The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery

1950 · Movie

4.7

Is My Face Red?

William Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and everyone as long as he gets the credit. He gets most of his information from his showgirl gal-pal, Peggy. Eventually Bill's reckless tattling gets him in deep trouble with friends and enemies, putting his career and life in jeopardy.

Is My Face Red?

1932 · Movie

6.5

The Return of Boston Blackie

Just out of jail and vowing to go straight, former jewel thief Boston Blackie, undertakes the reformation of a pretty blonde who has stolen a necklace from a cabaret dancer. He learns that the jewel belongs to the mother of the blonde girl, and the blonde's philandering father gave it as a gift to the cabaret girl. Now, Blackie must find a way to return the necklace to the owner's safe without arousing the suspicions of the girl's family.

The Return of Boston Blackie

1927 · Movie