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Michael Shayne: Private Detective

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Calorie Rating: 108
Released: 1940-12-19
Running Time: 77 Minutes
Studios: 20th Century Fox,


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.

Director / Directors

William Eckhardt
Assistant Director


Cast

Lloyd Nolan
Character: Michael Shayne
Marjorie Weaver
Character: Phyllis Brighton
Joan Valerie
Character: Marsha Gordon

Walter Abel
Character: Elliott Thomas
Elizabeth Patterson
Character: Aunt Olivia
Donald MacBride
Character: Chief Peter Painter

Douglass Dumbrille
Character: Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Clarence Kolb
Character: Hiram P. Brighton
George Meeker
Character: Harry Grange

Charles Coleman
Character: Ponsby
Adrian Morris
Character: Al
Robert Emmett Keane
Character: Larry Kincaid

Frank Orth
Character: Steve
Irving Bacon
Character: Fisherman
Don Brodie
Character: Reporter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Character: Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
Character: Mac
Paul E. Burns
Character: Furniture Company Move

James Conaty
Character: Casino Patron
Robert Conway
Character: Desk Clerk
Sayre Dearing
Character: Racetrack Spectator

Ralph Dunn
Character: First Bartender
Fern Emmett
Character: Jenny
Dick French
Character: Reporter

Harold Goodwin
Character: Reporter
Dick Gordon
Character: Casino Patron
Sherry Hall
Character: 2nd Bartender

Paul Kruger
Character: Parking Attendent
Hamilton MacFadden
Character: Reporter
Tony Martelli
Character: Casino Patron

Major McBride
Character: Croupier
Harold Miller
Character: Casino Patron
Frank Mills
Character: Counterman

Edmund Mortimer
Character: Casino Patron
Field Norton
Character: Casino Patron
Paddy O'Flynn
Character: Reporter

James Pierce
Character: Burly Man Downstairs
Dick Rich
Character: Mover
Jack Richardson
Character: Casino Patron

Cyril Ring
Character: Reporter
Bob Rose
Character: Freddy
S.S. Simon
Character: Casino Patron

Larry Steers
Character: Racetrack Spectator


Production and Crew

Stanley Rauh
Screenplay

Cyril J. Mockridge
Original Music Composer
Sol M. Wurtzel
Executive Producer

Lewis H. Creber
Art Direction
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Herschel McCoy
Costume Design

George Schneiderman
Director of Photography
Richard Day
Art Direction

Emil Newman
Music Director