
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.
Top Billed Cast

Lloyd Nolan
Michael Shayne

Marjorie Weaver
Phyllis Brighton

Joan Valerie
Marsha Gordon

Walter Abel
Elliott Thomas

Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Olivia
Featured Crew
Eugene Forde
Director
Stanley Rauh
Screenplay
Manning O'Connor
Screenplay

Brett Halliday
Novel

Sol M. Wurtzel
Executive Producer
Cyril J. Mockridge
Original Music Composer
George Schneiderman
Director of Photography
Alfred DeGaetano
Editor
Lewis H. Creber
Art Direction
Richard Day
Art Direction
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Herschel McCoy
Costume Design