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Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)

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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Eugene Forde profile
Eugene Forde

Director

Manning O'Connor profile
Manning O'Connor

Screenplay

Cast

Lloyd Nolan profile
Lloyd Nolan

Michael Shayne

Marjorie Weaver profile
Marjorie Weaver

Phyllis Brighton

Joan Valerie profile
Joan Valerie

Marsha Gordon

Walter Abel profile
Walter Abel

Elliott Thomas

Elizabeth Patterson profile
Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Olivia

Donald MacBride profile
Donald MacBride

Chief Peter Painter

Douglass Dumbrille profile
Douglass Dumbrille

Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Clarence Kolb profile
Clarence Kolb

Hiram P. Brighton

George Meeker profile
George Meeker

Harry Grange

Charles Coleman profile
Charles Coleman

Ponsby

Adrian Morris profile
Adrian Morris

Al

Robert Emmett Keane profile
Robert Emmett Keane

Larry Kincaid

Lloyd Nolan profile
Lloyd Nolan

Michael Shayne

Marjorie Weaver profile
Marjorie Weaver

Phyllis Brighton

Joan Valerie profile
Joan Valerie

Marsha Gordon

Walter Abel profile
Walter Abel

Elliott Thomas

Elizabeth Patterson profile
Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Olivia

Donald MacBride profile
Donald MacBride

Chief Peter Painter

Douglass Dumbrille profile
Douglass Dumbrille

Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Clarence Kolb profile
Clarence Kolb

Hiram P. Brighton

George Meeker profile
George Meeker

Harry Grange

Charles Coleman profile
Charles Coleman

Ponsby

Adrian Morris profile
Adrian Morris

Al

Robert Emmett Keane profile
Robert Emmett Keane

Larry Kincaid

Extra

Release Date

December 19, 1940

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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