The Return of Boston Blackie is a 1927 lowbudget, silent, drama genre film. Based upon a character created by Jack Boyle for short stories appearing in The American, Cosmopolitan and Redbook magazines in the 1900s. It was directed by Harry O. Hoyt, and written by Leah Baird. The character also appeared in another silent film in 1918, Boston Blackies Little Pal, played by five different actors including Lionel Barrymore.
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