Michael Shayne: Private Detective
(1940)

Released: 1940-12-19

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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.

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Lloyd Nolan

as Michael Shayne

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Marjorie Weaver

as Phyllis Brighton

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Joan Valerie

as Marsha Gordon

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Walter Abel

as Elliott Thomas

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Donald MacBride

as Chief Peter Painter

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Douglass Dumbrille

as Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)

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Clarence Kolb

as Hiram P. Brighton

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Don Brodie

as Reporter (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

as Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)

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Paul E. Burns

as Furniture Company Move

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James Conaty

as Casino Patron

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Robert Conway

as Desk Clerk

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