One Mysterious Night (1944)
1h 1m
Running Time
October 21, 1944Release Date
One Mysterious Night (1944)
1h 1m
Running Time
October 21, 1944Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Chester Morris
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
Janis Carter
Dorothy Anderson
William Wright
Paul Martens
Richard Lane
Inspector Farraday
George E. Stone
The Runt
Robert B. Williams
Matt Healy
Dorothy Malone
Eileen Daley (Uncredited)
Mark Roberts
George Daley
Joseph Crehan
Jumbo Madigan (Uncredited)
Ed Allen
Policeman
Ben Taggart
Traffic Cop (Uncredited)
Kenneth Brown
Boy
Early Cantrell
Margaret Dean - Switchboard Operator
Minerva Urecal
Miss Wilkinson (Uncredited)
Budd Boetticher
Director
Constance Purdy
Woman in Daley's Office (Uncredited)
Jack Boyle
Writer
Paul Yawitz
Writer
Ted Richmond
Producer
Lew Davis
Exhibit Attendee (Uncredited)
L. William O'Connell
Cinematographer
Edythe Elliott
Mother (Uncredited)
Al Clark
Editor
Jack Gardner
Frank (Uncredited)
Fred Graff
Reporter (Uncredited)
Harrison Greene
Arthur Manleder (Uncredited)
Fred Howard
Reporter (Uncredited)
Dick Jensen
Policeman (Uncredited)
Henry Jordan
Reporter (Uncredited)
Edward Keane
Police Commissioner Howard (Uncredited)
Tom Kingston
News Photographer (Uncredited)
Lyle Latell
Detective Sergeant Matthews (Uncredited)
Billy Lenhart
Boy (Uncredited)
Anne Loos
Newsstand Clerk (Uncredited)
George Magrill
Police Guard (Uncredited)
Cy Malis
Policeman (Uncredited)
George McKay
Police Sergeant McNulty (Uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
John Tyrrell
Austin (Uncredited)
Bob Walker
Man in Office with Matthews (Uncredited)
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Wiki.
One Mysterious Night is a 1944 crime film, the seventh in a Columbia Pictures series of fourteen starring Chester Morris as reformed crook Boston Blackie. It was preceded by The Chance of a Lifetime and followed by Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion. Blackie is called upon to recover a stolen diamond.
The film is noteworthy as the directorial debut of Budd Boetticher, though he is credited under his real name, Oscar Boetticher, Jr. He had been working at Columbia as an assistant director on such films as The Desperadoes and Cover Girl. He had been called in to help complete films but called this his "first real picture".He helmed four more B-pictures before leaving the studio in 1945.
Boston Blackie Collection.
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Meet Boston Blackie (1941)
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Confessions of Boston Blackie (1941)
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Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
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Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood (1942)
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After Midnight with Boston Blackie (1943)
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Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion (1945)
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Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
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Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948)
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The Chance of a Lifetime (1943)
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The Phantom Thief (1946)
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Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945)
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A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
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Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture (1949)
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