Episode 472 - Let the Bad Guy Win (Boston Blackie, Lives of Harry Lime, & Screen Directors Playhouse)

Published: Jan. 30, 2022, 5 a.m.

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Gentleman thieves - both reformed and otherwise - step into the spotlight this week. First, Chester Morris is\\xa0Boston Blackie - enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend - in "The Missing String of Pearls" (originally aired on NBC on August 11, 1944). Then, Orson Welles reprises his\\xa0Third Man\\xa0role in "It\'s a Knockout" from the syndicated series\\xa0The Lives of Harry Lime. Finally, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. stars as the legendary thief in\\xa0Raffles, recreated for the\\xa0Screen Director\'s Playhouse (originally aired on NBC on September 14, 1951).

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