

Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1 hour 17 minutes1940-12-19
6.5
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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.
Cast

Lloyd Nolan
Michael Shayne

Marjorie Weaver
Phyllis Brighton

Joan Valerie
Marsha Gordon

Walter Abel
Elliott Thomas

Elizabeth Patterson
Aunt Olivia

Donald MacBride
Chief Peter Painter

Douglass Dumbrille
Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Clarence Kolb
Hiram P. Brighton

George Meeker
Harry Grange

Charles Coleman
Ponsby

Adrian Morris
Al

Robert Emmett Keane
Larry Kincaid

Frank Orth
Steve

Irving Bacon
Fisherman

Don Brodie
Reporter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)

Jimmy Aubrey
Mac

Paul E. Burns
Furniture Company Move

James Conaty
Casino Patron

Robert Conway
Desk Clerk

Sayre Dearing
Racetrack Spectator

Ralph Dunn
First Bartender

Fern Emmett
Jenny

Dick French
Reporter

Harold Goodwin
Reporter

Dick Gordon
Casino Patron

Sherry Hall
2nd Bartender

Paul Kruger
Parking Attendent

Hamilton MacFadden
Reporter

Tony Martelli
Casino Patron

Major McBride
Croupier

Harold Miller
Casino Patron

Frank Mills
Counterman

Edmund Mortimer
Casino Patron

Field Norton
Casino Patron

Paddy O'Flynn
Reporter

James Pierce
Burly Man Downstairs

Dick Rich
Mover

Jack Richardson
Casino Patron

Cyril Ring
Reporter

Bob Rose
Freddy

S.S. Simon
Casino Patron
