Michael Shayne: Private Detective

1940, comedy, mystery

77 minutes

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...

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Cast

Lloyd Nolan

Lloyd Nolan

Michael Shayne

Marjorie Weaver

Marjorie Weaver

Phyllis Brighton

Joan Valerie

Joan Valerie

Marsha Gordon

Walter Abel

Walter Abel

Elliott Thomas

Elizabeth Patterson

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Olivia

Donald MacBride

Donald MacBride

Chief Peter Painter

Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille

Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Clarence Kolb

Clarence Kolb

Hiram P. Brighton

George Meeker

George Meeker

Harry Grange

Robert Emmett Keane

Robert Emmett Keane

Larry Kincaid

Frank Orth

Frank Orth

Steve

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Fisherman

Don Brodie

Don Brodie

Reporter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns

Paul E. Burns

Furniture Company Move

James Conaty

Casino Patron

Robert Conway

Desk Clerk

Sayre Dearing

Sayre Dearing

Racetrack Spectator

Ralph Dunn

Ralph Dunn

First Bartender

Fern Emmett

Fern Emmett

Jenny

Dick French

Reporter

Harold Goodwin

Harold Goodwin

Reporter

Dick Gordon

Casino Patron

Sherry Hall

2nd Bartender

Paul Kruger

Paul Kruger

Parking Attendent

Tony Martelli

Casino Patron

Major McBride

Croupier

Harold Miller

Harold Miller

Casino Patron

Frank Mills

Frank Mills

Counterman

Edmund Mortimer

Casino Patron

Field Norton

Casino Patron

Paddy O'Flynn

Reporter

James Pierce

James Pierce

Burly Man Downstairs

Dick Rich

Dick Rich

Mover

Jack Richardson

Jack Richardson

Casino Patron

Cyril Ring

Cyril Ring

Reporter

Bob Rose

Freddy

S.S. Simon

Casino Patron

Larry Steers

Larry Steers

Racetrack Spectator

Crew

Art

Richard Day

Art direction

Lewis H. Creber

Art direction

Thomas Little

Set decoration

Camera

Costume and make-up

Herschel McCoy

Costume design

Directing

Eugene Forde

Director

Editing

Production

Sol M. Wurtzel

Sol M. Wurtzel

Executive producer

Sound

Cyril J. Mockridge

Original music composer

Writing

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