Film
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940 · 1h 17m · Comedy · Mystery
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Overview
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
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Cast
Lloyd Nolan
Michael Shayne
Marjorie Weaver
Phyllis Brighton
Joan Valerie
Marsha Gordon
Walter Abel
Elliott Thomas
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Olivia
Donald MacBride
Chief Peter Painter
Douglass Dumbrille
Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Clarence Kolb
Hiram P. Brighton
George Meeker
Harry Grange
Charles Coleman
Ponsby
Adrian Morris
Al
Robert Emmett Keane
Larry Kincaid
Frank Orth
Steve
Irving Bacon
Fisherman
Don Brodie
Reporter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)
Crew
- Eugene FordeDirector
- Stanley RauhScreenplay
- Manning O'ConnorScreenplay
- Brett HallidayNovel
- Sol M. WurtzelExecutive Producer
- George SchneidermanDirector of Photography
- Cyril J. MockridgeOriginal Music Composer
- Alfred DeGaetanoEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- December 19, 1940
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Genres
- Comedy, Mystery
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