Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)

Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)

1940-12-19 United States of America 77 Min. PG-13
6.5 11 votes

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.

Cast

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

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