Michael Shayne: Private Detective

1940
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
6.6| 1h17m| en| Comedy, Mystery
Storyline

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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20th Century Fox

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  • Michael Shayne: Private Detective Cast
Lloyd Nolan as Michael Shayne
Marjorie Weaver as Phyllis Brighton
Joan Valerie as Marsha Gordon
Walter Abel as Elliott Thomas
Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Olivia
Donald MacBride as Chief Peter Painter
Douglass Dumbrille as Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Clarence Kolb as Hiram P. Brighton
George Meeker as Harry Grange