Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940-12-19 | 77 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Lloyd NolanMichael Shayne
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Marjorie WeaverPhyllis Brighton
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Joan ValerieMarsha Gordon
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Walter AbelElliott Thomas
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Elizabeth PattersonAunt Olivia
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Donald MacBrideChief Peter Painter
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Douglass DumbrilleBenny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
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Clarence KolbHiram P. Brighton
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George MeekerHarry Grange
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Charles ColemanPonsby
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Adrian MorrisAl
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Robert Emmett KeaneLarry Kincaid
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Frank OrthSteve
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Irving BaconFisherman
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Don BrodieReporter (uncredited)
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Bess FlowersRacetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)
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Jimmy AubreyMac
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Paul E. BurnsFurniture Company Move
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Robert ConwayDesk Clerk
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