Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)

6.6 77 min Movie
ComedyMystery

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 Lloyd Nolan Michael Shayne
Marjorie Weaver Marjorie Weaver Phyllis Brighton
Joan Valerie Joan Valerie Marsha Gordon
Walter Abel Walter Abel Elliott Thomas
Elizabeth Patterson Elizabeth Patterson Aunt Olivia
Donald MacBride Donald MacBride Chief Peter Painter
Douglass Dumbrille Douglass Dumbrille Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Clarence Kolb Clarence Kolb Hiram P. Brighton
George Meeker George Meeker Harry Grange
Charles Coleman Charles Coleman Ponsby
Adrian Morris Adrian Morris Al
Robert Emmett Keane Robert Emmett Keane Larry Kincaid

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