Boston Blackie

Boston Blackie is a fictional character created by author Jack Boyle. Blackie is a jewel thief and safecracker in Boyle's stories, but he becomes a detective in adaptations for films, radio and television. He is an "enemy to those who make him an enemy, friend to those who have no friend." Actor Chester Morris played the character in 14 Columbia Pictures films from 1941 to 1949 and in a 1944 NBC radio series.