Michael Shayne: Private Detective

6.5

77 minutes

12/19/1940

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.

Cast List

Lloyd Nolan
as Michael Shayne
Marjorie Weaver
as Phyllis Brighton
Joan Valerie
as Marsha Gordon
Walter Abel
as Elliott Thomas
Elizabeth Patterson
as Aunt Olivia
Donald MacBride
as Chief Peter Painter
Douglass Dumbrille
as Benny Gordon (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Clarence Kolb
as Hiram P. Brighton
George Meeker
as Harry Grange
Charles Coleman
as Ponsby
Adrian Morris
as Al
Robert Emmett Keane
as Larry Kincaid
Frank Orth
as Steve
Irving Bacon
as Fisherman
Don Brodie
as Reporter (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Racetrack Spectator in Sunglasses (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
as Mac
Paul E. Burns
as Furniture Company Move
James Conaty
as Casino Patron
Robert Conway
as Desk Clerk
Sayre Dearing
as Racetrack Spectator
Ralph Dunn
as First Bartender
Fern Emmett
as Jenny
Dick French
as Reporter
Harold Goodwin
as Reporter
Dick Gordon
as Casino Patron
Sherry Hall
as 2nd Bartender
Paul Kruger
as Parking Attendent
Hamilton MacFadden
as Reporter
Tony Martelli
as Casino Patron
Major McBride
as Croupier
Harold Miller
as Casino Patron
Frank Mills
as Counterman
Edmund Mortimer
as Casino Patron
Field Norton
as Casino Patron
Paddy O'Flynn
as Reporter
James Pierce
as Burly Man Downstairs
Dick Rich
as Mover
Jack Richardson
as Casino Patron
Cyril Ring
as Reporter
Bob Rose
as Freddy
S.S. Simon
as Casino Patron
Larry Steers
as Racetrack Spectator