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Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out on sequestration in order to solve the case himself!
Theatrical
Sep 25, 1942
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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...
Cast
Full credits →L
Lloyd Nolan
Michael Shayne
M
Marjorie Weaver
Judy Taylor
P
Phil Silvers
Roy Higgins
J
Janis Carter
Lillian Hubbard
R
Richard Derr
John Logan, Defense Attorney
J
Joan Valerie
Rita Darling
D
Don Costello
George Dolphin
C
Chester Clute
Sperty, Juror-Roommate
F
Francis Pierlot
Sidney Arno, Jeweler
G
Grant Richards
District Attorney John F. McGonagle
G
George M. Carleton
Judge Robert Walters
A
Alexander Lockwood
Count Edmond Telmachio
M
Mae Marsh
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
F
Frank McLure
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
