Michael Shayne: Private Detective

6.5(11)19401h 17m

ComedyMystery

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

Eugene Forde

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Cast

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

Robert Emmett Keane

Larry Kincaid

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

2y ago

6.0

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! He's initially retained by the wealthy "Brighton" (Clarence Kolb) to rein in his unruly daughter "Phy...