The Silk Lined Burglar

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 31, 1919

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Cast

Priscilla Dean,Sam De Grasse,Lillian West,Ashton Dearholt,Fred Kelsey,Sam Appel

Director

John Francis Dillon

Writer

Jack Boyle,Fred Myton

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0010696