Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
77 min
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
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
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 Painter
- Douglass Dumbrille as Gordon
- Clarence Kolb as Brighton
- George Meeker as Harry Grange
- Charles Coleman as Ponsby
Crew
- Eugene Forde · Director
- Stanley Rauh · Writer
- Manning O'Connor · Writer
- Brett Halliday · Writer
- George Schneiderman · Cinematographer
- Alfred DeGaetano · Editor