Film

Michael Shayne: Private Detective 1940

77 min TMDB 6.6 Comedy Mystery

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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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

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