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Michael Shayne: Private Detective
(1940)Comedy, Mystery
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1hrs 17m
Overview
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.
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1941 Michael Shayne Private Detective
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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
Larry Steers
** Racetrack Spectator
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