"Murder in Chinatown"
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track down the real killer in Chinatown.
Social & External
The people behind it
Chester Morris
Horatio 'Boston Blackie' Black
Maylia Fong
Mei Ling
Joan Woodbury
Red, the Bar-Girl
Don McGuire
Les, the Bus Guide
Richard Lane
Inspector William R. Farraday
Sid Tomack
The Runt
Frank Sully
Sergeant Matthews
Charles Arnt
Pop Gerard
Luis van Rooten
Bill Craddock (as Louis Van Rooten)
Philip Ahn
Wong Chung Shee
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