Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Release: 1940-12-19
·Runtime: 77m
·★ 6.5
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Marjorie Weaver
as Phyllis Brighton
Robert Emmett Keane
as Larry Kincaid
Don Brodie
as Reporter (uncredited)
James Pierce
as Burly Man Downstairs
Harold Goodwin
as Reporter
Joan Valerie
as Marsha Gordon
Clarence Kolb
as Hiram P. Brighton
Paul E. Burns
as Furniture Company Move
Sayre Dearing
as Racetrack Spectator
Ralph Dunn
as First Bartender
Walter Abel
as Elliott Thomas
Adrian Morris
as Al
Robert Conway
as Desk Clerk
Fern Emmett
as Jenny
Jack Richardson
as Casino Patron
Cyril Ring
as Reporter
S.S. Simon
as Casino Patron
Douglass Dumbrille
as Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Lloyd Nolan
as Michael Shayne
George Meeker
as Harry Grange
Frank Orth
as Steve
Jimmy Aubrey
as Mac
Paul Kruger
as Parking Attendent
Dick Rich
as Mover
Donald MacBride
as Chief Peter Painter
Charles Coleman
as Ponsby
Bess Flowers
as Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)
Elizabeth Patterson
as Aunt Olivia
Irving Bacon
as Fisherman
Harold Miller
as Casino Patron
Frank Mills
as Counterman
Larry Steers
as Racetrack Spectator
