Blackie was a tough, wisecracking private
detective working in New York, billed as "enemy to those who make him an
enemy, friend to those who have no friend." His speciality was making
fools of the police, a simple task with Inspector Farraday heading the official
investigations. "An enemy to those who call him an enemy, a friend to
those who have no friends." Boston Blackie is a reformed jewel thief who
is never far from trouble. Inspector Farraday of the homicide squad tries to
pin Blackie for the crime in every episode. To save his own skin, with the help
of his girlfriend Mary and sidekick Shorty, Blackie ends up solving the case.