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The Silk Lined Burglar
“It's the Newest Boston Blackie Story”
9.0 / 10• 1919• 1h 0m•NR• English
Mystery
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Priscilla Dean
Doris Macon
Lead
Ashton Dearholt
Robert Melchoir
Sam De Grasse
Boston Blackie
Sam Appel
Michael Delano
Lillian West
Mary
Fred Kelsey
Capt. von Hoffmeier
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Francis Dillon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Silk Lined Burglar is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
