Michael Shayne: Private Detective
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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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12 films
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
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Cast
43 people
Lloyd Nolan
Michael Shayne
Known for
Hannah and Her Sisters
Island in the Sky
Marjorie Weaver
Phyllis Brighton
Known for
Young Mr. Lincoln
Joan Valerie
Marsha Gordon
Also in
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
The Old Barn Dance
Walter Abel
Elliott Thomas
Known for
Fury
Holiday Inn
Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Olivia
Known for
I Married a Witch
Remember the Night
Donald MacBride
Chief Peter Painter
Known for
The Seven Year Itch
The Killers
Douglass Dumbrille
Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Known for
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
The Ten Commandments
Clarence Kolb
Hiram P. Brighton
Known for
His Girl Friday
Adam's Rib
George Meeker
Harry Grange
Known for
The Roaring Twenties
High Sierra
Charles Coleman
Ponsby
Known for
The Gay Divorcee
A Christmas Carol
Adrian Morris
Al
Known for
Angels with Dirty Faces
The Petrified Forest
Robert Emmett Keane
Larry Kincaid
Known for
Boys Town
The Devil and Miss Jones
Eugene Forde Director · Stanley Rauh Screenplay Manning O'Connor Screenplay
United States release December 19, 1940 · Produced in United States · Production 20th Century Studios
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 19, 1940
Theatrical
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