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Boston Blackie - "The Missing String of Pearls" (1944)
Boston Blackie, “The Missing String of Pearls,” originally broadcast August 11, 1944, is episode 8 of the 1944 NBC summer run. Chester Morris stars as the resourceful Blackie, with Richard Lane as the ever-skeptical Inspector Farraday. Written by Milton and Barbara Merlin, the series was sponsored by Rinso.
When a valuable string of pearls vanishes from Gordon’s Jewelry Store, Blackie quickly becomes a suspect after leaving his watch for repair. But he has seen the store’s longtime clerk, Mrs. Phillips, with the pearls—and his search for an explanation leads into a dangerous blackmail affair…
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