09 Apr 1976
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Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
The Phantom Thief
Fiction and Radio's thrill idol...at his eeriest best!
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.
Top Billed Cast
Chester Morris Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
Jeff Donnell Anne Parks Duncan
Richard Lane Inspector John Farraday
Dusty Anderson Sandra
George E. Stone The Runt
Frank Sully Detective Sergeant Matthews
Marvin Miller Dr. Nejino
Wilton Graff Rex Duncan
Murray Alper Eddie Alexander, Chauffeur
Forbes Murray Dr. Purcell Nash
Joseph Crehan 'Jumbo' Madigan - Pawnbroker
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