The Return of Boston Blackie

{{short description|1927 film by Harry O. Hoyt}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Return of Boston Blackie

| image = The Return of Boston Blackie 1927 ad.jpg

| caption = Ad for the film

| director = Harry O. Hoyt

| producer =

| writer = Jack Boyle (story)
Leah Baird (adaptation, screenplay)

| starring = Bob Custer
Strongheart

| music =

| cinematography =

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| studio = Chadwick Pictures

| distributor = First Division Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1927|08|01}}

| runtime = 6 reels (1787.6 meters)

| country = United States

| language = Silent film (English intertitles)

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The Return of Boston Blackie is a 1927 low-budget, silent, drama film starring Bob Custer. Based upon a character created by Jack Boyle for short stories appearing in The American, Cosmopolitan and Redbook magazines in the 1900s. It was directed by Harry O. Hoyt and written by Leah Baird.{{cite web |url=https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/ReturnOfBostonBlackie1927.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: The Return of Boston Blackie |access-date=March 22, 2024 |publisher=silentera.com}}

The film may have been based on a specific story by Boyle, published in Cosmopolitan, but is likely an original story based on the character.{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/11644-THE-RETURN-OF-BOSTON-BLACKIE |title=The Return of Boston Blackie |work=afi.com |access-date=March 22, 2024}}

The character also appeared in another silent film in 1918, Boston Blackie's Little Pal, played by Bert Lytell.