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Michael Shayne: Private Detective

65% | Dec 19, 1940
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.

Top Billed Cast

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Lloyd Nolan
Michael Shayne
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Marjorie Weaver
Phyllis Brighton
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Joan Valerie
Marsha Gordon
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Walter Abel
Elliott Thomas

Featured Crew

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Eugene Forde
Director
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Stanley Rauh
Screenplay
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Manning O'Connor
Screenplay
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Brett Halliday
Novel
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Sol M. Wurtzel
Executive Producer
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Cyril J. Mockridge
Original Music Composer
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George Schneiderman
Director of Photography
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Alfred DeGaetano
Editor
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Lewis H. Creber
Art Direction
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Richard Day
Art Direction
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Thomas Little
Set Decoration
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Herschel McCoy
Costume Design

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