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Michael Shayne: Private Detective

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Michael Shayne: Private Detective — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • December 19, 1940
  • Runtime
  • 77 min
  • Genres
  • Comedy, Mystery
  • Director
  • Eugene Forde

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Michael Shayne: Private Detective — Cast

Lloyd Nolan photo Lloyd Nolan Michael Shayne Marjorie Weaver photo Marjorie Weaver Phyllis Brighton Joan Valerie photo Joan Valerie Marsha Gordon Walter Abel photo Walter Abel Elliott Thomas Elizabeth Patterson photo Elizabeth Patterson Aunt Olivia Donald MacBride photo Donald MacBride Chief Peter Painter Douglass Dumbrille photo Douglass Dumbrille Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille) Clarence Kolb photo Clarence Kolb Hiram P. Brighton

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