Boston Blackie (1923)

Boston Blackie

1923

Crime Drama

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Scott R. Dunlap

Cast

Eva Novak as Mary Carter

Frank Brownlee as Prison Warden Benton

Fred Esmelton as John Gilmore

Otto Matieson as Danny Carter

W.C. Robinson as Shorty McNutt

William Russell as Boston Blackie

Crew

Paul Schofield (Scenario Writer)