Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940-12-19)
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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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Status: Released
Release Date: 1940-12-19
Runtime: 1h 17m
Director: Eugene Forde
Writer: Stanley Rauh, Manning O'Connor
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Top 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)
Jimmy Aubrey
Mac
Paul E. Burns
Furniture Company Move
James Conaty
Casino Patron
Robert Conway
Desk Clerk
Sayre Dearing
Racetrack Spectator
Ralph Dunn
First Bartender
Fern Emmett
Jenny
Dick French
Reporter
Harold Goodwin
Reporter
Dick Gordon
Casino Patron
Sherry Hall
2nd Bartender
Paul Kruger
Parking Attendent
Hamilton MacFadden
Reporter
Tony Martelli
Casino Patron
Major McBride
Croupier
Harold Miller
Casino Patron
Frank Mills
Counterman
Edmund Mortimer
Casino Patron
Field Norton
Casino Patron
Paddy O'Flynn
Reporter
James Pierce
Burly Man Downstairs
Dick Rich
Mover
Jack Richardson
Casino Patron
Cyril Ring
Reporter
Bob Rose
Freddy
S.S. Simon
Casino Patron
Larry Steers
Racetrack Spectator

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