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Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

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Michael Shayne: Private Detective

1940
1h 17m
6.5(11 votes)
Comedy
Mystery

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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Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast & Crew

43 members
Acting

Lloyd Nolan

Michael Shayne

Lloyd Nolan
Acting

Marjorie Weaver

Phyllis Brighton

Marjorie Weaver
Acting

Joan Valerie

Marsha Gordon

Joan Valerie
Acting

Walter Abel

Elliott Thomas

Walter Abel
Acting

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Olivia

Elizabeth Patterson
Acting

Donald MacBride

Chief Peter Painter

Donald MacBride
Acting

Douglass Dumbrille

Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Douglass Dumbrille
Acting

Clarence Kolb

Hiram P. Brighton

Clarence Kolb
Acting

George Meeker

Harry Grange

George Meeker
Acting

Charles Coleman

Ponsby

Charles Coleman
Acting

Adrian Morris

Al

Adrian Morris
Acting

Robert Emmett Keane

Larry Kincaid

Robert Emmett Keane
Acting

Frank Orth

Steve

Frank Orth
Acting

Irving Bacon

Fisherman

Irving Bacon
Acting

Don Brodie

Reporter (uncredited)

Don Brodie
Acting

Bess Flowers

Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Acting

Jimmy Aubrey

Mac

Jimmy Aubrey
Acting

Paul E. Burns

Furniture Company Move

Paul E. Burns
Acting

James Conaty

Casino Patron

No Image
Acting

Robert Conway

Desk Clerk

Robert Conway
Acting

Sayre Dearing

Racetrack Spectator

Sayre Dearing
Acting

Ralph Dunn

First Bartender

Ralph Dunn
Acting

Fern Emmett

Jenny

Fern Emmett
Acting

Dick French

Reporter

No Image
Acting

Harold Goodwin

Reporter

Harold Goodwin
Acting

Dick Gordon

Casino Patron

No Image
Acting

Sherry Hall

2nd Bartender

No Image
Acting

Paul Kruger

Parking Attendent

Paul Kruger
Directing

Hamilton MacFadden

Reporter

No Image
Acting

Tony Martelli

Casino Patron

No Image
Acting

Major McBride

Croupier

No Image
Acting

Harold Miller

Casino Patron

Harold Miller
Acting

Frank Mills

Counterman

Frank Mills
Acting

Edmund Mortimer

Casino Patron

No Image
Acting

Field Norton

Casino Patron

No Image
Acting

Paddy O'Flynn

Reporter

No Image
Acting

James Pierce

Burly Man Downstairs

James Pierce
Acting

Dick Rich

Mover

Dick Rich
Acting

Jack Richardson

Casino Patron

Jack Richardson
Acting

Cyril Ring

Reporter

Cyril Ring
Acting

Bob Rose

Freddy

No Image
Acting

S.S. Simon

Casino Patron

S.S. Simon
Acting

Larry Steers

Racetrack Spectator

Larry Steers

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