Michael Shayne: Private Detective
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1940
1h 17m
Approved
English
Comedy, Mystery
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Approved
Movie
1940
1h 17m
English
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.
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Cast
Michael Shayne
Phyllis Brighton
Marsha Gordon
Elliott Thomas
Aunt Olivia
Chief Peter Painter
Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Hiram P. Brighton
Harry Grange
Ponsby
Larry Kincaid
Steve
Fisherman
Reporter (uncredited)
Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (...
Mac
Furniture Company Move
Casino Patron
Desk Clerk
Racetrack Spectator
First Bartender
Jenny
Reporter
Reporter
Directed By: Eugene Forde
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
For some reason, this starts with and features a slightly Scottish lilt to the score throughout, as we follow the slightly zany investigations of the eponymous down-at-heel PI (Lloyd Nolan) as he tries to wade his way through the murky worlds of horse racing, gaming addicts and, of course, murder! H More
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