Cast
Crew
H
Holbrook N. Todd
Editor
E
Eugene C. Stone
Property Master
B
Brett Halliday
Characters
E
Edward C. Jewell
Art Direction
L
Leo Erdody
Music
B
Bert Sternbach
Production Manager
J
Jack Greenhalgh
Director of Photography
S
Sam Newfield
Assistant Director
R
Raymond L. Schrock
Screenplay
H
Harry Reif
Set Decoration
S
Sam Newfield
Director
S
Sigmund Neufeld
Producer
E
Earl Sitar
Sound Engineer
R
Ray C. Smallwood
Special Effects
R
Ray Mercer
Special Effects
L
Leo Erdody
Music Director
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.