Movie: Boston Blackie

Top 6 Billed Cast

William Russell
William Russell

Boston Blackie

Eva Novak
Eva Novak

Mary Carter

Frank Brownlee
Frank Brownlee

Prison Warden Benton

Otto Matieson
Otto Matieson

Danny Carter

W.C. Robinson
W.C. Robinson

Shorty McNutt

Fred Esmelton
Fred Esmelton

John Gilmore

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    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.

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    1923-05-06

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