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

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Gentleman thieves - both reformed and otherwise - step into the spotlight this week. First, Chester Morris is <em>Boston Blackie</em> - 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 <em>Third Man </em>role in "It's a Knockout" from the syndicated series <em>The Lives of Harry Lime</em>. Finally, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. stars as the legendary thief in <em>Raffles</em>, recreated for the <em>Screen Director's Playhouse</em> (originally aired on NBC on September 14, 1951).</span></p>