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Michael Shayne: Private Detective

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Michael Shayne: Private Detective

📅 1940🌐 ENMovie

Genres

ComedyMystery

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.

Details

🎬 Type: Movie

📅 Year: 1940

Rating: 6.6/10

Cast

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Lloyd Nolan

Michael Shayne

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Marjorie Weaver

Phyllis Brighton

Joan Valerie profile photo

Joan Valerie

Marsha Gordon

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Walter Abel

Elliott Thomas

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Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Olivia

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Donald MacBride

Chief Peter Painter

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Douglass Dumbrille

Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Clarence Kolb profile photo

Clarence Kolb

Hiram P. Brighton

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