The Silk Lined Burglar (1919)
• March 31st, 1919 • 1h 0min
Mystery
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Microscope Mystery
Released on: 1916-11-19
Comedy, Drama, Mystery
When a wealthy hypochondriac is dissatisfied by the care of the town doctor (Doc Arnold), he consult...
The Face in the Fog
Released on: 1922-10-07
Mystery
Boston Blackie Dawson gets some jewels that belonged to the imperial family of Russia. A gang of ter...
The House of Hate
Released on: 1918-01-02
Action, Mystery
A young heiress of an American gun factory is threatened by a masked man after her father was murder...
Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture
Released on: 1949-03-02
Crime, Mystery
Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered, and must track dow...
Confessions of Boston Blackie
Released on: 1941-12-08
Crime, Mystery
A murder is committed during the auction of a valuable statue. The prime suspect is Boston Blackie, ...
One Mysterious Night
Released on: 1944-10-21
Mystery, Crime
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit...
Trapped by Boston Blackie
Released on: 1948-05-13
Crime, Mystery
Blackie is the natural suspect when an expensive pearl necklace is stolen while he is supposed to be...
The Social Buccaneer
Released on: 1916-10-16
Mystery, Drama
While working in China for Nathan Goldberg, a New York Jewish importer, Chattfield Bruce comes to ad...
Find the Woman
Released on: 1922-04-02
Mystery
This whodunit bears no relation to the 1918 picture of the same name, but both films coincidentally ...
Alias Boston Blackie
Released on: 1942-04-02
Mystery
It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up pl...
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Released on: 1943-03-18
Crime, Mystery
Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
Released on: 1945-07-05
Crime, Mystery
Blackie helps the police rescue hostage from an escaped maniac on a killing spree.
Boston Blackie and the Law
Released on: 1946-12-12
Crime, Mystery
Blackie performs in a magic show at a women's prison, which gives an inmate an opportunity to escape...
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
Released on: 1942-11-05
Crime, Mystery
Blackie receives a call from a friend who asks him to retrieve some money from his apartment and del...
Die Japanerin
Released on: 1919-01-24
Mystery, Drama, Crime
A detective falls for a Japanese girl living with her uncle and cousin. When the girl's uncle is mur...
The Hunting of the Hawk
Released on: 1917-04-22
Mystery
On a voyage from Europe to the U.S., Desselway meets and falls in love with Diana Curran. Diana has ...
The Chance of a Lifetime
Released on: 1943-10-26
Crime, Mystery
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wart...
The Phantom Thief
Released on: 1946-05-02
Crime, Mystery
Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy...
Yacht of the Seven Sins
Released on: 1928-08-05
Drama, Mystery
The ship-owner Herr Reeder Roberts organizes a world trip on his luxury liner "Yoshiwara". Aboard ar...
Zudora
Released on: 1914-11-20
Mystery, Adventure
Zudora, not knowing she's an heiress to a $20 million fortune, lives with her uncle, a mystic and de...