The Silk Lined Burglar
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.
Release Date
March 31, 1919Runtime
60 minRating
NRGenres
MysteryDirected by
John Francis DillonWritten by
Fred MytonStory by
Jack BoyleLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
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