Cast & Crew
H
Herbert I. Leeds
Director
E
Emil Newman
Music Director
B
Borden Chase
Story
B
Brett Halliday
Story
S
Samuel G. Engel
Screenplay
L
Lewis H. Creber
Art Direction
Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 6th, 1942
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Sol M. Wurtzel
Production Companies:20th Century Fox
Michael Shayne Collection
The 1940 film Michael Shayne, Private Detective is the first in a series of twelve movies. Lloyd Nolan starred as Shayne through 1942, until the series was dropped by Twentieth Century Fox and picked up by PRC. At that point, Hugh Beaumont took over the role in five films released in 1946.