Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

77 mins | Comedy, Mystery | Dec. 19, 1940

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.

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

77 mins | Comedy, Mystery | Dec. 19, 1940

Michael Shayne: Private Detective
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Directors William Eckhardt, Eugene Forde
Writers Manning O'Connor, Stanley Rauh, Brett Halliday

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

Charles Coleman

as Ponsby

Robert Emmett Keane

as Larry Kincaid

Frank Orth

as Steve

Irving Bacon

as Fisherman

Don Brodie

as Reporter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey

as Mac

Paul E. Burns

as Furniture Company Move

James Conaty

as Casino Patron

Robert Conway

as Desk Clerk

Sayre Dearing

as Racetrack Spectator

Ralph Dunn

as First Bartender

Fern Emmett

as Jenny

Dick French

as Reporter

Harold Goodwin

as Reporter

Dick Gordon

as Casino Patron

Sherry Hall

as 2nd Bartender

Paul Kruger

as Parking Attendent

Hamilton MacFadden

as Reporter

Tony Martelli

as Casino Patron

Major McBride

as Croupier

Harold Miller

as Casino Patron

Frank Mills

as Counterman

Edmund Mortimer

as Casino Patron

Field Norton

as Casino Patron

Paddy O'Flynn

as Reporter

James Pierce

as Burly Man Downstairs

Dick Rich

as Mover

Jack Richardson

as Casino Patron

Cyril Ring

as Reporter

Bob Rose

as Freddy

S.S. Simon

as Casino Patron

Larry Steers

as Racetrack Spectator